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1.2 The partitive adjective construction
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Indefinite pronouns can be modified by a following adjective. In that case, the adjective is marked with –(e)s. This constructions is referred to as the partitive construction. Two examples are given below:

1
Dät was gans wät Froai-es.
that was quite something nice-PA
That was something quite nice.
2
Wät is dät foar Flugg-es?
what is that for nice-PA
What kind of nice thing is that?
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Some definite pronouns may also be modified by a following adjective. In that case, the adjective is marked with an –e. Two examples have been given below:

3
Jo ferjieten aal dät Flugg-e, dät jo meebroacht hieden
they forgot all the nice-PA that they along.brought had
They forgot al the nice things which they had brought with them.
4
Nu noch gau ‘n Bräif mäd aal dät Näiste uut hiere Täärp geschrieuwen.
now yet quickly a letter with all the newest from their village written
Now to quickly write a letter with all the news from their village.

In Saterland Frisian, definite partitives as in (3) and (4) are not morphologically marked in the same way as are indefinite partitives. In this respect, they differ from partitive adjectives in West Frisian.

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