Part-Whole Relation
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
What is it part of?
extended
intermediate
Relations
Betydning
A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.
Slik kjenner du det igjen
Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.
Eksempler
Ord
roof|hand|page|piece|member
Fraser
the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team
Setning
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.
Språkoversikt
På språket ditt
Vietnamese (standard)
Markering
strong
Viktighet
Part-whole relations are often simple noun sequences, sometimes with của for clarity or emphasis.
Mái nhà bị hỏng.
roof house passive broken
På språket du lærer
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Markering
strong
Vanskelighetsgrad
Part-whole relations often use iḍāfa, similar in form to possession.
بابُ البيتِ مفتوح.
The door of the house is open.
Typisk utfordring for deg
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.