aday
noun A1- candidate
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Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: adayında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: adayıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Hayatının önemli bir bölümünü, ailesinin evinin bulunduğu Burgazada'da geçiren yazar, adayı, denizi ve balıkçılarını pek çok öyküsüne konu etti.
The writer, who spent a large part of his life on Burgazada, where his family’s house stood, made the island, its sea and its fishermen the subject of many of his stories.
Adaya varınca hemen kendime kırmızı renkli bir bisiklet kiraladım.
When I arrived on the island, I immediately rented a red bicycle for myself.
Onlar da bu güzel ve yeşil adayı kesinlikle görmeliler.
They should definitely see this beautiful and green island, too.
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