No. 486 in Russian
первое
"Первое" - "first" or "the first."
In a sentence
Первое, что я сделал утром, — это выпил кофе.
The first thing I did in the morning was having coffee.
"первое" indicates the ordinal number meaning "first" in a neuter noun context.
На обед я заказал первое, горячее и десерт.
For lunch, I ordered soup, a main dish, and dessert.
"первое" refers to the first course of a meal, commonly a soup.
Это — первое место, которое мы хотим посетить.
This is the first place we want to visit.
"первое" designates the concept of "first" in a sequential context.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “первое” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “первое” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).