No. 523 in Lithuanian
pirmoji
"Pirmoji" means "the first" in English (feminine form).
In a sentence
Ji buvo pirmoji, kuri atėjo į klasę.
She was the first one to enter the classroom.
Here, 'pirmoji' is a feminine singular nominative form of 'first' used as an ordinal number describing position.
Mano pirmoji knyga buvo apie istoriją.
My first book was about history.
In this sentence, 'pirmoji' modifies the noun 'knyga' (book) in terms of position in a series, showing possession and served with its feminine subject.
Pirmoji vieta laimėjo didelį prizą.
The first place won a big prize.
Here, 'pirmoji' functions in its adjective form to describe 'vieta' (place), emphasizing its rank or numeric position in a competition.
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