Part-Whole Relation
Partitive
Genitive
Meronymy
What is it part of?
extended
intermediate
Relations
Betydelse
A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.
Så känner du igen det
Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.
Exempel
Ord
roof|hand|page|piece|member
Fraser
the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team
Mening
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.
Språkvy
På ditt språk
Vietnamese (standard)
Förekomst
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 lär dig
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Förekomst
strong
Svårighetsgrad
Part-whole relations often use iḍāfa, similar in form to possession.
بابُ البيتِ مفتوح.
The door of the house is open.
Vanlig fallgrop
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.