First
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Ordinal number
</td><tr><td>four</td><td>fourth: 4th</td></tr> <tr><td>five</td><td>fifth: 5th</td></tr> </table>
Adjective
First, an ordinal number, fits into the adjective position of standard noun phrase structure:
- the first time, the first train, the first hour
- every first week of the month
cardinal # | ordinal # |
---|---|
one | first: 1st |
two | second: 2nd |
three | third: 3rd |