No. 11,705 in Russian
заведующая
"Заведующая" in English means "female manager" or "female head of a department."
In a sentence
Новая заведующая приняла поздравления от коллектива.
The new manager received congratulations from the team.
Here, 'заведующая' refers to a female manager or head of a department, used in nominative case.
Я позвонил заведующей клуба, чтобы уточнить правила.
I called the manager of the club to clarify the rules.
In this instance, 'заведующей' is in the dative case, indicating the entity receiving an action.
Мы написали письмо заведующей для рассмотрения нашего предложения.
We wrote a letter to the manager for her to consider our proposal.
Again, 'заведующей' is used in the dative case, showing to whom the letter is addressed.
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