No. 2,119 in Turkish
başkanına
"To your president" or "to your chairperson."
In a sentence
Başkanına yeni bir rapor sundular.
They presented a new report to their president.
In this sentence, 'başkanına' is the dative form of 'başkan' (president), indicating the recipient of the action (to their president).
Ekibin başkanına bir ödül verildi.
An award was given to the leader of the team.
Here, 'başkanına' refers to the leader (başkan) of the team (ekibin), again showing the dative case used for the indirect object of the verb (the person receiving the award).
Partinin başkanına halk büyük bir sevgi duyuyor.
The people feel great admiration for the party's president.
In this sentence, 'başkanına' is part of the possessive structure (the president of the party) and demonstrates the dative case indicating the object of admiration.
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