Part-Whole Relation
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
What is it part of?
extended
intermediate
Relations
معنا
A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.
نمونهها
واژهها
roof|hand|page|piece|member
عبارتها
the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team
جمله
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.
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian (Farsi, standard Iranian)
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Part-whole links often use ezāfe: door-of house.
درِ خانه باز است.
door-E house open is.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Vietnamese (standard)
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
Part-whole relations are often simple noun sequences, sometimes with của for clarity or emphasis.
Mái nhà bị hỏng.
roof house passive broken
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
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.