An example of a bare partitive construction with a container noun is given below:

This example shows that the container noun may be modified by attributive adjectives. Container nouns allow the content noun to be realised in an Adpositional Phrase (PP) introduced by the preposition mei with:

Container nouns also allow the content noun to be preceded by the functional element fol full, that is related to the homophonous adjective (for ease of reference, the functional element fol full will be referred to as an adjective):

Container nouns allow the noun of descriptive content to be preceded by the combination of adjective and preposition fol mei full of:

Question formation can only target the construction with an Adjective Phrase (AP) and a PP, not the other ones:

Extraction is allowed only in case the phrase containing the content noun can function as a predicate to a copula:

The copula sitte sit is commonly used in examples such as the ones above, although in older Frisian the copula wêze be was used. An example is given below:

There are many examples in which the container noun must be joined to the content noun by means of an overt element like fol full or mei with, and in which a bare partitive construction is excluded. An example is the minimal pair below:

Another example is provided below:

Nevertheless, the bare partitive construction may exhibit a light degree of recursion in the presence of container nouns, as in the following example:

The construction with a preposition also allows of recursion:

The construction with a preposition and an adjective also allows recursion:

The last example seems to have a slightly different meaning. It suggests that the six.PAck was not meant to be for cans, and that the cans were not meant for beer.