D02
extended
Relations
Possession and parts
Part-Whole Relation
What is it part of?
intermediate
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
意味
A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.
見分け方
Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.
例
単語
roof|hand|page|piece|member
フレーズ
the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team
文
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.
言語別ビュー
母語の仕組み
日本語
表れ方
strong
重要度
Part-whole relations are commonly built with の.
家の屋根は赤い。
The roof of the house is red.
学習言語では
英語
表れ方
strong
難易度
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
よくあるつまずき
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.