No. 36 in Czech
první
"První" means "first" in English.
In a sentence
Naše první setkání bylo velmi příjemné.
Our first meeting was very pleasant.
The word 'první' is used as an ordinal number to describe the sequence of an event, indicating that it was the first meeting.
V první řadě bych chtěl zmínit důležitost spolupráce.
First and foremost, I would like to mention the importance of cooperation.
The word 'první' is used figuratively to signify importance or priority, as in 'in the first place' or similar phrases.
Tento vyřešil první úkol úplně správně.
He solved the first task completely correctly.
In this context, 'první' is used to describe the order of a task, meaning it was the initial task or item in a sequence.
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