Kum saati geri sayımı gösteriyor.

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Breakdown of Kum saati geri sayımı gösteriyor.

• kum saati: an hourglass
• geri sayım: a countdown

Questions & Answers about Kum saati geri sayımı gösteriyor.

Why does saati end in -i? Is it an accusative ending?

Not here. In kum saati, the -i is part of a very common Turkish noun-compound pattern.

• kum = sand
• saat = clock / hourpiece
• kum saati = hourglass

This type of compound often puts a 3rd-person possessive-looking ending on the second noun. So kum saati is the normal dictionary form for hourglass.

So in this sentence, kum saati is the subject, not an object. The -i in saati is part of the compound itself, not a separate case ending.

What kind of structure is kum saati exactly?

It is an indefinite noun compound in Turkish.

The pattern is usually:

• first noun: bare form
• second noun: takes a compound ending

So:

• elma suyu = apple juice
• yatak odası = bedroom
• kum saati = hourglass

English often uses noun + noun compounds too, but Turkish forms them differently. A learner may expect something like kum saat, but that is not how Turkish normally says hourglass.

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