Право
The word право means right in the sense of “the right to do something”. In the singular it is stem-stressed, and in the plural it is end-stressed.
| Sg | Pl | |
| Nom | право | права |
| Acc | ||
| Gen | права | прав |
| Pre | праве | правах |
| Dat | праву | правам |
| Ins | правом | правами |
The word means right both in the sense of moral rights and legal rights:
| Не кричи, ты не имеешь права говорить со мной таким тоном! | Don't shout! You don't have the right to speak to me in that tone of voice. |
| В западных странах каждый имеет право сказать, что хочет. | In Western countries each person has the right to say whatever they want. |
| В Аризоне каждый имеет право носить пистолет на территории университета, но не в аудиториях. | In Arizona everyone has the right to carry a gun on the university campus, but not in the classrooms themselves. |
If you combine the noun with водительский in the plural, then the phrase means driver's license.*
| У тебя есть водительские права? | Do you have a driver's license? |
| Нельзя водить машину без водительских прав. | You can't drive a car without a driver's license. |
| В США с водительскими правами можно купить спиртное, а без них — нет. | In the US you can buy alcohol with a driver's license, but not without one. |
| Согласно вашим водительским правам, вам только восемнадцать лет. Не могу впустить вас. | Accordeing to your driver's license you are only eighteen years old. I can't let you in. |
* In Arizona, at least, the official phrase is “driver license”, but normal human beings say “driver’s license”.
1 comment
“Имеешь правО", but “не имеешь правА". You should use genitive in this case.
Don responds: Thanks! Correction made.
04/22/11 @ 02:07
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