nāmunposs adj pronour (excl.) person or thing; a person or thing of ours; our (excl.) doing something.Post-noun or post-gerund possessive pronoun. For pre-noun or pre-gerund possessive pronoun, see 'āmun 1a.'Ang dāyan nāmun nang 'ūna 'ang ginatakyuban nāmun 'ina' ning paywa kundi' 'indi' na makilāya 'ang dāyan.Our road before [during wartime] was what was being covered by us with [dry coconut] fronds in order that the road could no longer be recognized anymore.cf'āmun 'āmun poss adj pronFollows a substantive phrase.'Ang 'isa nga 'alādin nāmun, hay waya' ning gāsa.As for the other pressure lantern of ours, [it] does not have a mantle.poss adj pronOccurs as the first constituent of a sa phrase.Ma'igma' lang 'aku kag mamakay 'aku nang manga gāmit nāmun sa bayay.I will just eat my lunch and will go buying things for our house.poss adj pronThere is no meaning contrast between nāmun sa bayay and sa 'āmun bayay.poss adj pronFollows a noun as the first of an appositional phrase.Nang kami hay nakasay na, 'ang plānu nāmun nga duha hay 'indi' 'ānay kami maghuman ning 'unga'.When we were already married, the plan of us two was that we will not yet have a child.poss adj pronOccurs preceding a noun as a modifying phrase constituent.Didtu na kami nag'ugduk ning sarīli gid nāmun na bayay.That's the time that we built our very own house.poss adj pronFollows a time gerund.Pag'abut nāmun sa Manīla', nagkadtu kami sa 'iya 'angkūlun.Upon our arrival in Manila, we went to his uncle.Pagkatāpus nāmun 'igma' nakahuna'hūna' 'aku nga daw sa ma'ūli' 'aku.After our eating I was able to think that perhaps I would go [home].gen pronSomething is done by us (excl.).Used to indicate my doing something to or with someone else.Nang 'ūna pa lang nāmun nga pag'asāwa ni Sinti, naghīmu' siya ning tabūnan nga pitu ka bilug.At the beginning of the marriage of Centi and me, he made seven pieces of deep sea fish traps.cf'āmun gen pronFollows an undergoer focus verb.Na'īsip nāmun mag'asawa kung 'anu 'ara' 'ang tubtuban 'ini niya nga pag'istādi.[It] was thought by us, husband and wife, what, perhaps, would be the result of this one's studying.cf'āmun
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