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===Possession===

There are several ways to phrase multi-word possessives without pi.

{{Example|ni li musi <del>pi</del> jan Epawan.|This is Abraham's art ~ game. (This provokes the similar, but now ungrammatical, {{tp|1=*musi ni li ∅ pi jan Epawan.}})}}

{{Example|ni li musi <del>pi</del> jan Epawan.|This is Abraham's art ~ game. (This provokes the similar, but now ungrammatical, {{tp|1=*musi ni li ∅ pi jan Epawan.}})|ni li musi <del>pi</del> jan [esun pi ale wan a ni]}}

{{Example|ni li musi <ins>tan</ins> jan Epawan.|This is art ~ a game <ins>by</ins> Abraham. ({{tp|musi ni li tan jan Epawan.}} remains grammatical.)}}

{{Example|ni li musi <ins>tan</ins> jan Epawan.|This is art ~ a game <ins>by</ins> Abraham. ({{tp|musi ni li tan jan Epawan.}} remains grammatical.)|ni li musi <ins>tan</ins> jan [en pilin ale wile awen nasin]}}

{{Example|jan Epawan <ins>li jo e</ins> musi ni.|Abraham <ins>owns</ins> this art ~ game.}}

{{Example|jan Epawan <ins>li jo e</ins> musi ni.|Abraham <ins>owns</ins> this art ~ game.|jan [e pona ale wawa alasa nena] <ins>li jo e</ins> musi ni}}

{{Example|jan Epawan <ins>la</ins> ni li musi <ins>ona</ins>.|<ins>As for</ins> Abraham, this is <ins>their</ins> art ~ game.}}

{{Example|jan Epawan <ins>la</ins> ni li musi <ins>ona</ins>.|<ins>As for</ins> Abraham, this is <ins>their</ins> art ~ game.|jan [en pimeja ante walo ante nasa] <ins>la</ins> ni li musi <ins>ona</ins>}}

{{Example|jan Epawan <ins>la</ins> musi ni li <ins>jo ona</ins>.|<ins>As for</ins> Abraham, this art ~ game <ins>is their property</ins>.}}

{{Example|jan Epawan <ins>la</ins> musi ni li <ins>jo ona</ins>.|<ins>As for</ins> Abraham, this art ~ game <ins>is their property</ins>.|jan [esun pakala ala waso ale noka] <ins>la</ins> musi ni li <ins>jo ona</ins>}}

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