No. 3,059 in Turkish
başkanının
"Başkanının" means "of the president" or "of the chairman" in English.
In a sentence
Başkanının önerisini herkes büyük bir dikkatle dinledi.
Everyone listened to the president's suggestion very attentively.
In this sentence, 'başkanının' ('of the president') is in the possessive form, indicating that that the suggestion belongs to the president, forming the genitive case in Turkish.
Toplantıda başkanının konuşmasını anlamadım çünkü çok hızlı konuştu.
I did not understand the president's speech during the meeting because it was too fast.
Here, 'başkanının' ('of the president') again indicates possession belonging to the president, emphasizing the entity whose speech was delivered.
Başkanının fikirleri tartışma sırasında çok ilginç bulundu.
The president’s ideas were found very interesting during the discussion.
In this case, 'başkanının' implies that the ideas being discussed were attributed to the president, again showing possession.
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