他是第一個來的。

He was the first to come.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 第一個 dì-yīgè the first (person, thing)
4 來的 láide
  1. (regional, chiefly Cantonese-influenced Mandarin, colloquial) synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  2. at; in
  3. synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  4. to be at; to be in; to exist
  5. used to indicate the continuous aspect