Part-Whole Relation
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
What is it part of?
extended
intermediate
Relations
Reikšmė
A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.
Kaip atpažinti
Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.
Pavyzdžiai
Žodžiai
roof|hand|page|piece|member
Frazės
the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team
Sakinys
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.
Kalbos rodinys
Jūsų kalboje
Vietnamese (standard)
Raiška
strong
Svarba
Part-whole relations are often simple noun sequences, sometimes with của for clarity or emphasis.
Mái nhà bị hỏng.
roof house passive broken
Kalboje, kurios mokotės
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Raiška
strong
Sudėtingumas
Part-whole relations often use iḍāfa, similar in form to possession.
بابُ البيتِ مفتوح.
The door of the house is open.
Tipinis besimokančiųjų iššūkis
Learners may translate every “of” with من instead of using iḍāfa.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.