No. 489 in Latvian

pirmais

"First."

In a sentence

Pirmais solis vienmēr ir grūtākais.
The first step is always the hardest.
Used as an ordinal numeral meaning 'first' to specify order in a sequence.
Viņa pirmais uzdevums bija būt pieklājīgam.
His first task was to be polite.
In this context, 'pirmais' is used as an adjective describing a noun (task) to denote its position in order.
Pirmais runātājs bija ļoti interesants.
The first speaker was very interesting.
'Pirmais' is utilized to describe a person in a sequential role as the initial speaker.

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