D02
extended
Relations
Possession and parts
Part-Whole Relation
What is it part of?
intermediate
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
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 مادری شما
فارسی
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Part-whole links often use ezāfe: door-of house.
درِ خانه باز است.
door-E house open is.
در زبانی که یاد میگیرید
انگلیسی
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
English uses of-phrases, possessive forms, and noun compounds for part-whole relations.
The roof of the house is old.
of the house = part-whole relation
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
Learners may overuse possessive 's or translate part-whole relations too literally.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.