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Partitive
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Past participles may not occur in the partitive construction, pseudo-participles may be found in the construction.

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Past participles may not occur in the partitive construction, witness the ungrammaticality of (d) and (f):

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a. Der is wat fallen
there is something fallen
Something has fallen
b. *Wat fallens
something fallen
Something fallen
c. Der is wat sjoen
there is something seen
Something is seen
d. *Wat sjoens
something seen
Something seen
e. Der is wat opslein
there is something stored
Something is stored
f. *Wat opsleins
something stored
Something stored

Pseudo-participles may be found in the construction:

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a. Wat ûngewoskens
something unwashed
Something uncivil
b. Wat ûnbestimds
something undetermined
Something vague
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