The universal quantifier al all is often used as predeterminer before a determiner such as the definite article die the (2a) or a demonstrative (2b). The noun can directly follow the determiner, as in (2a-2b), but an adjective (2c) or a quantifier (2d) can be placed between the determiner and the noun.

The predeterminer al can also be followed by a definite numeral to indicate that a specific number of items or people, which is the total number of these, are referred to, as in (3a) and (3b). There are different permutations of this construction, however. The phrase al NUM can follow a plural pronoun (3c), or it can be used in a partitive construction with van of (3d), or placed elsewhere in the clause while still modifying the noun or pronoun (3e).

Partitive constructions refer to part of a collection, and the collection can be identified from the definite NP in the construction, after the partitive genitive particle van of. Preceding the van can be an indefinite NP (4a-c), a definite NP (fractal) (4d), a quantifier (4e-g), an indefinite pronoun (4h-i), or even nothing (4j), where van developed to an independent indefinite predeterminer of its own (Ponelis 1979:137).

The demonstrative adjective so such is used as a predeterminer before the indefinite article 'n a(n), which is followed by an adjective and a noun, as illustrated in (5a-5b). Its exclamative correlate is wat what, used in a similar way (5c). As is usually the case with indefinite articles, the noun following can only be a single instance of a count noun. For plurals or mass nouns, the adjective sulke such is used (5d-5e), without the article.