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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.

{{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.

In this case, the word {{tp|ona}} could name the owner of the house.

In this case, the word {{tp|ona}} could name the owner of the house, and there is no {{tp|pi}}.

{{Example|tomo pi jan Tanja|jan Tanja's house|tomo pi(jan [tan anu ni jan a])}}

Here, jan Tanja owns the house; {{tp|pi}} is used to separate the phrase {{tp|jan Tanja}} from the word {{tp|tomo}}, preventing confusion:

Here, {{tok|jan Tanja}} owns the house; {{tp|pi}} is used to separate the phrase {{tp|jan Tanja}} from the word {{tp|tomo}}, preventing confusion. This is only because {{tp|jan Tanja}} is a multi-word modifier, and {{tp|ona}} is a single-word modifier.

{{Example|tomo ona ale|all their houses; all houses belonging to them}}

{{Example|tomo pi ona ale|all-of-them house; house belonging to all of them|tomo pi(ona ale)}}