No. 170 in Estonian
esimene
"Esimene" means "first" in English.
In a sentence
See on minu esimene kord Eestis.
This is my first time in Estonia.
In this sentence, 'esimene' is used as an ordinal adjective to signify the initial occurrence of an event.
Ta tuli esimesena kohale.
He arrived first.
Here, 'esimesena' is used as an adverb to denote the first sequence in an action.
Esimene samm on alati raske.
The first step is always the hardest.
In this case, 'esimene' is used metaphorically to describe the initial phase of a process or challenge.
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