saatlerini

Saatlerini is a Turkish noun phrase formed from saat (hour, clock) with the plural suffix -ler, the third-person plural possessive suffix -leri, and the accusative suffix -i. The resulting form means “their watches” or “their hours” when used as the definite direct object of a sentence. In practice, saatlerini most commonly refers to someone’s watches, rather than hours, because watches are the most natural object to be stated in the accusative with a plural possessive.

Grammatical notes:

- Saat is a noun with multiple meanings: hours (time) and clocks/watches (timekeeping devices). The context usually clarifies which meaning is intended.

- The suffix sequence in saatlerini indicates possession by a plural subject (their watches) and marks the phrase as the accusative case (direct object). The exact order of Turkish suffixes can give rise to forms like saatleriniz (your watches) and saatlerinizi (your watches as a direct object) which expand to saatlerini in contexts requiring both possessive and accusative.

- Because Turkish relies on suffixes rather than word order for case and possession, saatlerini can appear in various sentence structures where an object is required.

Examples:

- Saatlerini kurdular. They set their watches.

- Saatlerini değiştirdiler. They changed their watches.

- Proje sırasında takım, saatlerini kontrol etti ve güncelledi. During the project, the team checked and updated their watches.

See also:

- Saat (hour, clock)

- Türkçe suffixes (plurals, possessives, and the accusative)