Ailesini

Ailesini is a Turkish linguistic form that means “his/her family” when used as a definite direct object. It is not a standalone noun; rather, it is the result of layering Turkish possessive and case suffixes onto the noun aile (family).

Morphology and formation: The base noun aile receives the third-person singular possessive suffix -si to produce ailesi, meaning “his/her family.” A second suffix, the accusative -ni, is then appended to form ailesini, indicating a definite direct object: “his/her family” as the thing affected by the action. Turkish suffixes follow vowel harmony, so the resulting sequence reflects the regular patterns of possessive and accusative marking on a word ending with a vowel.

Usage: Ailesini appears in sentences where the speaker refers to someone’s family as the object of an action. Examples include: Ailesini koruyor. (He/She protects his/her family.) Ailesini görmediğim için üzgünüm. (I am sorry because I didn’t see his/her family.) Ailesini özlüyor. (He/She misses his/her family.) In each case, ailesini marks whose family is involved and serves as the object of the verb.

Context: In Turkish grammar, ailesi and ailesini illustrate how possession and case are encoded through suffixes rather than separate prepositions or articles. Ailesini is therefore a productive, regular form rather than a fixed lexical item, used whenever the narrative requires the object form of “his/her family.”

See also: Turkish grammar, Turkish suffixes, Turkish possessive suffixes, Turkish accusative suffix.