Part-Whole Relation
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
What is it part of?
extended
intermediate
Relations
المعنى
A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.
طريقة التعرّف عليه
Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.
أمثلة
كلمات
roof|hand|page|piece|member
عبارات
the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team
جملة
The roof of the house is red.
Visual guide
Basic shape
WHOLE └─ PART / member house └─ roof team └─ member Ask: part of what?
Compare shape
Same relation, different forms: English: roof of the house Genitive: house-GEN roof Compound: house-roof Partitive: piece of cake Not just ownership.
نظرة على اللغة
في لغتك
Arabic (Modern Standard)
مدى الظهور
strong
الأهمية
Part-whole relations often use iḍāfa, similar in form to possession.
بابُ البيتِ مفتوح.
The door of the house is open.
في لغة التعلّم
Vietnamese (standard)
مدى الظهور
strong
الصعوبة
Part-whole relations are often simple noun sequences, sometimes with của for clarity or emphasis.
Mái nhà bị hỏng.
roof house passive broken
مشكلة شائعة للمتعلّمين
Learners may translate every of with của even when a noun sequence is natural.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.