What is the grammatical construction for “the first X to do Y”? An example would be I wanted to be the first (person) to sit on the new couch.
Watashi wa atarashii sofaa ni suwaru hitorime ni naritakatta or perhaps Watashi wa hitorime no atarashii sofaa ni suwaru hito ni naritakatta.
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This could work: 他より先に [hoka yori saki ni] = “before others”
他より先に新しいソファーに座りたかった [hoka yori saki ni atarashii sofaa ni suwaritakatta] “I wanted to sit on the new sofa before anyone else”