"Onlar benim patronlarım."

Translation: Those are my bosses.

[jordy]

Why is this translated as "Those are my bosses" vs "They are my bosses"? Or would those both be said the same way? This doesn't seem right to me, but I haven't learned "These" and "Those" yet, so I could be wrong.

[ex_contributor]

both the same in Turkish in this case

[jordy]

And "Onlar benim patronlarım" could also be translated as "These are my bosses", correct?

[ex_contributor]

no, these and those are different.

"These are my bosses", would be "Bunlar benim patronlarım"

[martha.lar4]

I think it's correct becouse the subject is a person, thats why its onlar. If the subjets was an object it would be şunlar. I think so correct me if im wrong.

[Aida541113]

To me it should be: they are my bosses. (Onlar). If it were those are my bosses it should be şunlar the word to be used. İ have read all comments and I'm still confused.

[Zohar847869]

Exactly! Why all of a sudden onlar used as those? When all along sunlar was the word for that? I think there might be a mistake here.

[Lena559341]

Why it translates "those" not "they"

[Ebuka711587]

What of sunlar benim patronlarım

[lucaturilli]

'Those are my bosses.'

[Ammarah178109]

same question. why we use onlar ? if we use sunlar , is it also correct ?>

[sarah609645]

Why not şunlar benim patronlarım?

[reza275]

Onlar= they not those

[latifr]

Türkçe çok kolay bir dil

[behzad290828]

Why the " l " does not pronunce or perhaps i can not to hear clearly .

[Nathan969751]

Could this be shortened to 'patronlarım'? 'patron'-boss 'lar'-pl. 'ım'-is my/are my

[RWang2017]

Does ım in patronlarım mean "to be" or the part of genitive ending?

[ShehrBano16]

It is the suffix for "my" and "I am".
Example:
Benim öğretmenim (my teacher)
Ben öğretmenim (I am a teacher)

[ShehrBano16]

Does this sentence imply that "ONLAR" meaning the 3rd person plural pronoun and "ONLAR" meaning those (probably derived from O which means 'that') are gramatically two different words?