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 ==Syntax==
 ===Noun Phrases (NP)===
-[[File:Hibuese_NP.png|400px|thumb|right|The structure of noun phrases in Hibuese]]A noun phrase in Hibuese consists minimally of a single noun. The head noun may optionally be followed by a single adjacent modifier and/or one or more situational modifiers. There may only be one adjacent modifier per noun phrase, however because an adjacent modifier may consist of a noun phrase, a long sequence of nouns may constitute a noun phrase with nested modifiers.
+[[File:Hibuese_NP.png|400px|thumb|right|The structure of noun phrases in Hibuese]]A '''Noun Phrase''' (NP) in Hibuese consists minimally of a single '''Noun''' (N). The head noun may optionally be followed by a single adjacent modifier (consisting of a Noun Phrase (NP), a Prepositional Phrase (PP) or a Complementiser Phrase (CP)) and/or one or more situational modifiers (consisting of a Situational Phrase (SitP)). There may only be one adjacent modifier per noun phrase, but a single noun is capable of controling multiple situational modifiers. Because an adjacent modifier may consist of a noun phrase, recursion may result in a long, uninterrupted sequence of nouns.
 For example, in the following noun phrase, the highest level head noun is '''''bahe''''', with each subsequent noun being the adjacent modifier of the noun to its left.
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 ===Prepositional Phrases (PP)===
+[[File:Hibuese_PP.png|200px|thumb|right|The structure of noun phrases in Hibuese]]A prepositional phrase in Hibuese consists of a preposition (P) followed by a complement Noun Phrase (NP) or Complementiser Phrase (CP).
+There are only two true prepositions in Hibuese: the genitive preposition ''ya'', which roughly means "of", and the equative/attributive preposition ''ye'', roughly meaning "which is". The preposition ''ya'' forms many contractions with nouns as well as with the complementiser ''yu''.
+: '''''<span style="color:blue">ya de</span> ngo <span style="color:blue">ye</span> luwa'''''
+:→ '''''<span style="color:blue">zyi</span> ngo <span style="color:blue">ye</span> luwa'''''
+: {{interlinear|abbreviations=E:entity (thing or person that is ...); A:agent (thing or person that does ...)
+|ya de ngo ye lu-wa
+|GEN DEF.SG person ATTR located.E-2S
+|of the person who is here}}
 ===Predicate Phrases (PredP)===
 ===Complementiser Phrases (CP)===