Questions & Answers about این حق من است.
Does hagh mean "right" as in the direction or "right" as in being correct?
Neither! hagh means a moral or legal "right" or "entitlement" (like "human rights" or "it's my right"). For the direction "right", you would use râst, and for "correct", you would use dorost.
Why is there an ezâfe sound linking hagh and man?
The ezâfe vowel (an "e" sound) links the noun hagh (right) to the pronoun man (me) to show possession. hagh-e man literally translates to "right of me", which is how Farsi expresses "my right".
Since this lesson is about permission (ejâze), can I use hagh to say "I have the right to do something"?
Yes! Just like ejâze dâshtan (to have permission), you can use hagh dâshtan (to have the right). It works with the exact same structure from this lesson: man hagh dâram ke... (I have the right that...) followed by the present subjunctive.
How would this sentence sound in casual conversational Farsi?
In everyday spoken Farsi, the formal verb ast (is) usually attaches to the previous word. Because man ends in a consonant, it attaches as an -e sound, making the spoken sentence: in hagh-e mane.