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Partitive constructions with nominalised quantifiers
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A nominalised quantifier may head a partitive construction, as in this example:

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sommige van die seuns
some PTCL.PTV the boys
some of the boys.
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Of course, the quantifier may also directly take a noun phrase (NP) as its complement in a simple attributive construction:

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Sommige seuns
some boys
Some boys

The attributive construction never features quantifiers in which nominalisation has been made morphologically visible by the addition of the suffix -s:

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*Sommiges seuns
some boys
Some boys

The partitive construction occasionally features quantifiers in which nominalisation has been made morphologically visible by the addition of the suffix -s:

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Slegs dié foto's van sommiges van die verdagtes is tans beskikbaar
only these photos of some PTCL.PTV the suspects be.PST currently available
Only these photos of some of the suspects are currently available
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