diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/objects/PAPIManager.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/objects/PAPIManager.java
index db7ff1a..cf5cce1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/objects/PAPIManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/objects/PAPIManager.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import me.clip.placeholderapi.expansion.PlaceholderExpansion;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import wtf.beatrice.nounspicker.NounsPicker;
+import wtf.beatrice.nounspicker.utils.Cache;
 
 public class PAPIManager extends PlaceholderExpansion
 {
@@ -47,12 +48,24 @@ public class PAPIManager extends PlaceholderExpansion
             return "";
         }
 
+        int pronounId;
+
+        // todo: this sends query every time we get a papi call, which is horrible for performance.
+        // todo: we should cache player pronouns too.
 
         switch (identifier.toLowerCase()) {
             case "main_pronoun":
-                return "1st";
+                pronounId = Cache.dbManager.getPlayerPronounId(player.getName(), 0);
+                return Cache.dbManager.getPronounFormat(pronounId);
             case "secondary_pronoun":
-                return "2nd";
+                pronounId = Cache.dbManager.getPlayerPronounId(player.getName(), 1);
+                return Cache.dbManager.getPronounFormat(pronounId);
+            case "full_tag":
+                pronounId = Cache.dbManager.getPlayerPronounId(player.getName(), 0);
+                String mainPronounFormat = Cache.dbManager.getPronounFormat(pronounId);
+                pronounId = Cache.dbManager.getPlayerPronounId(player.getName(), 1);
+                String secondaryPronounFormat = Cache.dbManager.getPronounFormat(pronounId);
+                return "[" + mainPronounFormat + "/" + secondaryPronounFormat + "]";
         }
 
                 return null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/utils/DatabaseManager.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/utils/DatabaseManager.java
index 3e4d9ac..6901d0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/utils/DatabaseManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/nounspicker/utils/DatabaseManager.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public class DatabaseManager
     public boolean setPlayerPronouns(String playerName, String mainPronoun, String secondaryPronoun) {
 
         // if the player is not in the table, add them
-        if(!hasPronouns(playerName))
+        if(!isInTable(playerName))
         {
             String query = "INSERT INTO players (player) VALUES (?);";
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public class DatabaseManager
         return null;
     }
 
-    public boolean hasPronouns(String playerName) {
+    public boolean isInTable(String playerName) {
         String query = "SELECT player FROM players " +
                 "WHERE player = ? " +
                 "LIMIT 1;";
@@ -332,4 +332,38 @@ public class DatabaseManager
         return allPronouns;
     }
 
+    public int getPlayerPronounId(String playerName, int priority) {
+
+        if(!isInTable(playerName)) return -1;
+
+        String query = "SELECT ? FROM players " +
+                "WHERE player = ? " +
+                "LIMIT 1";
+
+
+        // instead of making two separate methods for main and secondary pronouns (copying a lot of code),
+        // we just set up a priority value that decides whether to pick the main or secondary pronoun.
+        // this also helps in case we want to allow for more than two pronouns in the future.
+
+        String priorityStr = "";
+        if(priority == 0) priorityStr = "main_pronoun_id";
+        else if(priority == 1) priorityStr = "secondary_pronoun_id";
+
+        try(PreparedStatement pStatement = dbConnection.prepareStatement(query)) {
+
+            pStatement.setString(1, priorityStr);
+            pStatement.setString(2, playerName);
+
+            ResultSet rSet = pStatement.executeQuery();
+            if(rSet.isClosed()) return -1;
+
+            while(rSet.next()) return rSet.getInt(priorityStr);
+
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+    }
+
 }