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Its a Latin masculine adjective meaning "first"

Primus,

prima,

primum.

Latin adjectives are gendered. Masculine, feminine, and neuter, which is determined by their endings. (us, a, um) This way, in a sentence there is always subject-verb agreement. Thus, masculine nouns take masculine adjectives, and so forth.

So to say I am the first student, I would have to write:

Sum prima

discipula

because the word for student, discipula,

is a feminine noun.

Like Latin nouns, adjectives decline in all 5 cases. Thus, the feminine form of prima

is:

(singular)

Prima

the first (whatever)

Primae

of the first

Primae

to/for the first

Primam

the first

Prima

by/with the first

(plural)

primae

primoram

primis

primos

primis

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