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Some speakers like to drop {{tp|pi}} in other cases as long as the meaning is still easy enough to guess, such as {{tp|tomo <del>pi</del> jan Epawan}}. This is fairly nonstandard.

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===Prepositions===

Replacing {{tp|pi}} with a [[preposition]] can clarify meaning. Prepositions have [[semantic (value)|semantic value]], while {{tp|pi}}, as a [[particle]], does not.

{{Example|kiwen <ins>tawa</ins> kasi suli|hard thing <ins>toward</ins> large plants (perhaps an axe, a barrier that plants cannot penetrate)}}

{{Example|kiwen <ins>sama</ins> kasi suli|hard thing <ins>similar to</ins> large plants (perhaps faux wood, a plastic artificial plant, a large post)}}

===Possession===

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