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:We will visit our parents tomorrow.
:We will visit our parents tomorrow.


===Nouns===
===Noun phrases===
Nouns can take the following cases:
Nouns can take the following cases:


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| vocative
| vocative
| ''-(a)să''
| ''-(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
|}
|}


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