Part-Whole Relation
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
What is it part of?
extended
intermediate
Relations
Significato
A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.
Esempi
Parole
roof|hand|page|piece|member
Frasi brevi
the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team
Frase
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.
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua
Italian (standard)
Presenza
strong
Importanza
Part-whole relations are commonly expressed with di plus article.
Il tetto della casa è rosso.
The roof of the house is red.
Nella lingua che studi
Vietnamese (standard)
Presenza
strong
Difficoltà
Part-whole relations are often simple noun sequences, sometimes with của for clarity or emphasis.
Mái nhà bị hỏng.
roof house passive broken
Difficoltà tipica di chi impara
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.