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The Participial slot is a small segment of the verb template, consisting of only one affix, ''-x-''.  Past literature on the language variously placed them in the Tense-Aspect slot, whilst others placed in the Transitivity.  Current practice is to place it in its own slot, as the affix can co-occur with the affixes of either slot yet does not semantically correspond to either.  Its uses vary, sometimes forming an embedded clause of a causal sentence, e.g. ''Ikna<u>k</u>araxan išpisaxtikarallaru'' "My departure saddened her/By departing, I saddened her", a temporal subordinator, e.g. ''Redaktān iknatahara<u>x</u>an išpiharsummektarundurkilmakš!'' "When you went with that man you shamed us all/In going out with that man you shamed us all!", and occasionally in Modern Standard Minhast but more often in Lower Minhast, it may convey concurrent actions, i.e. circumstantial clauses, e.g. ''Luktarabampi, išpisaxtikurgadešlekarba<u>x</u>an'' "He was cooking while I concentrated on my studies" (lit. "He was cooking in the time I was causing myself to become strong in mind")<ref>Notice that the Participial affix allows breaking the S/O pivot, as demonstrated in the two preceding examples.</ref>.  It is often used in conjunction with the Habitual affix ''-asum-'' and nominalizer ''=naft'' to derive professions, as in ''asumišpinakkallutixnaft'' "chef, cook" (lit. "one who habitually causes others to eat for their benefit").