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Göstergesini

Göstergesini is a Turkish inflected form built from the noun gösterege (indicator) and used to mark “its indicator” as a definite direct object. The underlying construction combines gösterge with the third-person possessive suffix -si to form gösterges i (its indicator) and then adds the accusative suffix -ni to indicate a definite direct object, yielding göstergesini. This sequence illustrates Turkish’s agglutinative morphology and vowel harmony.

In practice, göstergesini appears when the indicator belonging to a specific noun phrase is the object of

Notes on usage and form: the suffix order is important—first the possessive suffix (-si) to mark ownership,

See also Turkish morphology, possessive constructions, and the accusative in Turkish.

the
verb.
For
example:
Cihazın
göstergesini
inceledik.
(We
examined
its
indicator.)
Another
example:
Göstergesini
açtırdılar.
(They
caused
its
indicator
to
be
turned
on
/
opened,
depending
on
context.)
The
form
can
be
used
with
various
subjects
by
attaching
the
appropriate
possessive
and
accusative
suffixes
to
the
base
noun.
then
the
accusative
(-ni)
to
mark
the
definite
direct
object.
Vowel
harmony
influences
the
surface
spelling,
but
the
combination
shown
here
remains
a
typical
pattern
for
a
possessed
noun
functioning
as
an
object.
Göstergesini
is
not
a
standalone
lexical
item;
rather,
it
is
a
grammatical
form
of
gösterege
used
in
contexts
where
the
object
is
a
possessed
indicator.