öncü
noun B2- leader, progenitor, avant-garde
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in öncüm.
The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: öncüsünde. The last vowel, ü, is front and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sü. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: öncüsünde. The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: öncüsüyle. The last vowel, ü, is front and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sü. After a vowel, y joins the ending: öncüsüyle. The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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Nazım Hikmet, modern Türk edebiyatının sınırlarını yeniden çizen ve şiir sanatına yepyeni bir soluk getiren öncü bir edebiyatçıdır.
Nazım Hikmet is a pioneering literary figure who redrew the boundaries of modern Turkish literature and brought a brand new breath to the art of poetry.
Seferihisar gibi öncü yerleşimlerin karşılaştığı en büyük sınavlardan biri, artan popülariteyle birlikte yörenin cazip bir turizm tüketim nesnesine dönüşme riskidir.
One of the biggest tests faced by pioneer settlements like Seferihisar is the risk of the region turning into an attractive object of tourism consumption along with increasing popularity.
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