ordinal numbers

Números ordinais are the way to say first, second, third ETC. These need to be gendered according to the thing they are talking about. a primeira pessoa » the first person o primeiro jogo » the first game.

using primeiro(a)

Primeiro(a) means, first. The ending has to agree with the subject gender.

Primeiro, Primeira in Portuguese

Think of all the ways we use the word, first. It’s the first building on the right. We wanted to talk to you first. I’m always first in line. I liked the first album better. Primeiro, primeira in Portuguese (first) can take the meaning of before as well as literally: the first. The unusual…

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