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Translation

right, entitlement

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Examples

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Every person has the right to speak.

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You have no right to enter here.

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The law defends our rights.

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He lost his right to the house.

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They fought for equal rights.

The handiest thing about this root is that Esperanto turns it into a verb where English cannot. means I am entitled to go in, in three words, and ? beats any circumlocution about permission. i is to authorise somebody. Two traps: has nothing to do with the right-hand side, which is , and it is not the same as , the law as written statute. is what the law gives you; is the text it is written in.

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Word family

Words built on rajto with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • rajtigiverb

    to authorise, to entitle

    rajto-ig-: to give a right

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 2: rajto, postuli, nepre and 7 more words.