ilerlemek
verb B1- to advance, to move forward, to progress
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe stem, then -iyor, then a person ending. The first vowel of -iyor follows vowel harmony (geliyor, alıyor, okuyor, görüyor), but -yor never changes, so the person endings after it are always back: -um, -sun, -uz.
A stem ending in a vowel drops it before -iyor: ilerle- → ilerliyor.
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
-ecek after a front vowel, -acak after a back one. After a stem ending in a vowel, a buffer y joins them: başlayacak.
k becomes ğ before a vowel: ilerleyeceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: ilerler.
From the library
Bu sefer araba sorunsuz bir şekilde düz ilerledi.
This time, the car moved straight ahead without any problems.
Tramvay Taksim Meydanı'ndan kalkar ve yavaş yavaş ilerler.
The tram departs from Taksim Square and moves forward slowly.
Adamın anlattığı gibi dere kenarındaki dar patikadan yürüyerek tepenin ardındaki ahşap eve doğru ilerlediler.
As the man described, they proceeded towards the wooden house behind the hill, walking along the narrow path by the stream.
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