No. 48 in Catalan

primera

"Primera" means "first" in English.

In a sentence

És la primera vegada que visito aquesta ciutat.
It's the first time I visit this city.
Here, 'primera' is used as an ordinal adjective modifying 'vegada' (time) to denote the sequence of events.
Vaig llegir el primer capítol del llibre ahir a la nit.
I read the first chapter of the book last night.
In this sentence, 'primer' is the masculine form of 'primera' since it modifies the masculine noun 'capítol'.
El primer lloc on vull anar és el museu.
The first place I want to go is the museum.
'Primer lloc' refers to the first place in a sequence, with 'primer' properly declining for the masculine noun 'lloc'.

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