"Sen ve kedin sakinsiniz."
Translation:You and your cat are calm.
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So you do not need to say "Sen ve senin kedin.." for "you and your cat" but you do need to say "senin kedin" for "your cat" on its own?
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no, you also don't need to say "senin kedin" for "your cat", "kedin" is enough.
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What is the difference with: Sen ve kedin sakiniz. And how do you .name the suffixes for sakin-si-niz
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There is only one suffix on each of your examples:
(Biz) sakin-iz = we are calm
("Siz" or "Sen" + someone else) sakin-siniz = you are calm (plural or singular formal/respectful)
These are 1st and 2nd Person Plural suffixes for present tense "to be" (a.k.a. Copula): Full chart in Tips and Notes
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Accusative is used for direct objects of the sentence-- the thing that is being acted on (or being "verbed", as some people call it)-- being found, being eaten, etc. But in this case, "your cat" is a second subject that is being described as calm. :-)
Ok I found the reason. I am confused between verb "to be" and "possessive suffixes"