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 :We will visit our parents tomorrow.
-===Nouns===
+===Noun phrases===
 Nouns can take the following cases:
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 | vocative
 | ''-(a)să''
+|}
+The particle ''tan'', once used to mean "behind"—its Rttirri cognate, ''fani'', is still used that way—has been reconfigured as a genitive marker.
+:cat PERF Mary GEN lap-DAT PST-jump
+:Motị nam Meợlị '''tan''' nakợtị-tyá bo-fala.
+:The cat jumped into Mary's lap.
+The following adpositional particles are used:
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
+|-
+! Postposition
+! English Translation
+|-
+| ''nụbom''
+| above
+|-
+| ''bom''
+| below
+|-
+| ''nọm''
+| in front of
+|-
+| ''nặng''
+| in back of
+|-
+| ''feso''
+| outside
+|-
+| ''tafợng''
+| far from
+|-
+| ''tyà''
+| across
+|-
+| ''bim''
+| between (2 people/things)
+|-
+| ''jen''
+| among (3+ people/things)
+|-
+| ''fom''
+| except
+|-
+| ''tu''
+| only
+|-
+| ''nim''
+| around
+|-
+| ''pala''
+| about
+|-
+| ''dung''
+| for
+|-
+| ''mishu''
+| like, similar to
 |}