No. 245 in French
premiers
"Premiers" means "first" in English.
In a sentence
Les premiers jours de l'école sont toujours excitants.
The first days of school are always exciting.
'Premiers' is used here as an ordinal adjective modifying the noun 'jours', indicating the sequence or initial days of the school period.
Ses premiers efforts ont porté leurs fruits.
His first efforts bore fruit.
'Premiers' is modifying 'efforts', implying the early or initial attempts of an action.
Elle a relu ses premiers poèmes avec émotion.
She reread her first poems with emotion.
'Premiers' qualifies 'poèmes', emphasizing the initial works she created in the context of poetry.
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