No. 38 in Armenian
առաջին
"First."
In a sentence
Առաջին անգամը միշտ հիշարժան է։
The first time is always memorable.
The word "առաջին" is used as an adjective to describe the noun "ամսը", indicating the ordinal 'first' in a sequence.
Մեր առաջին դասարանը հիանալի ուսուցիչ ունի։
Our first grade has an excellent teacher.
Here, "առաջին" specifies the grade level (class), again functioning as an ordinal number adjective.
Նա առաջինը եկավ հանդիպմանը։
He was the first to arrive at the meeting.
In this sentence, "առաջին" is utilized as a nominative to describe the subject's sequence in being the earliest to arrive.
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