"Onuncu adam benim başkanım."

Translation: The tenth man is my president.

[HishamAhamad]

"The tenth man is our president". Now I know it should have been ''my'' there in place of ''our'', but somehow ''our'' makes more sense here........

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Imagine a German, Frenchman, and American looking at a series of pictures. The 10th picture is of Barrack Obama. The American say "Oh, the tenth man is my president." :)

[HishamAhamad]

Aah yeah, that scenario makes sense, thank you :-)

[ex_contributor]

it would be "başkanımız" then, not "başkanım" (and bizim, not benim)

[marlarius]

Duolingo said: the tenth man is my chair. That's a weird translation. It should at least be chairman.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Thanks! Please use the report button in the future though :)

[marlarius]

I did both actually :-)

[magatouve]

Does "adam" refer only to a man, or could it be also a person (regardless of gender)? Some dictionaries in the internet translates it as "person" too, but here it was not accepted.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

It refers to only men, a person is "kişi/insan"

[Bonjour689181]

In this context adam should be translated person because the tenth person could be a woman. Question: Can adam be translated as humankind?

[canongigue]

Does this also mean the president of an organization?