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===Possession===
{{tp|pi}} is not a possessive particle. It does not necessarily indicate ownership or translate the English "'s" ending. Any adjective can be interpreted as indicating possession regardless of the presence or absence of {{tp|pi}}. {{tp|pi}} serves the same purpose in a possessive context as it does in any other: to separate a group of modifiers from those preceding them.
{{Example|tomo ona|their house}}
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In this case, the word {{tp|ona}} could name the owner of the house.
{{Example|tomo pi jan Tanja|jan Tanja's house|tomo pi(jan
Here, jan Tanja owns the house; {{tp|pi}} is used to separate the phrase {{tp|jan Tanja}} from the word {{tp|tomo}}, preventing confusion:
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{{Example|tomo pi ona ale|all-of-them house; house belonging to all of them|tomo pi(ona ale)}}
Possession is one of many possible interpretations of {{tp|pi}}: what comes after {{tp|pi}} simply modifies, describes, qualifies, or alters what comes before it.
==Controversy==
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