_El miedo hace esclavos. La esclavitud hace rebeldes._[25]
--TOMAYO Y BAUS.
=75.= English _right_ as a noun indicating that which is legal, or
permissible, is translated =derecho=.
_I haven't the right to take it away with me._
=No tengo el derecho de llevármelo.=
(_a_) _To be right_ as the opposite of _to be wrong_ or _mistaken_
is rendered =tener razón=; meaning _to be just_ it is =ser justo=.
_Was it right to leave the boy in that deserted place?_
=¿Era justo dejar al muchacho en aquel lugar desierto?=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_Uncle is right. We must send him to Paris._
=Tiene razón el tío. Debemos mandarle a París.=--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
(_b_) As the opposite of _left_, _right_ is =derecho=.
_In her right hand she held a lamp._
=En la mano derecha tenía una lámpara.=
The phrases _on the right_ and _to the right_ are rendered =a la derecha=.
_St. Mark's church is on the right._
=La iglesia de San Marcos se halla a la derecha.=
(_c_) _All right_ is translated =bueno= or =bien=.
_All right, then. I'll give you a dollar for it. That's all right, isn't
it?_
=Bueno, entonces. Le daré un duro por él. Está bien, ¿no?=
=76.= When _duty_ is expressed, English _must_ is translated =deber=. When
_must_ expresses _what is probably true_, =deber de= is the translation.
To express _necessity_, =tener que= is used.
_Children must obey their parents._
=Los niños deben obedecer a sus padres.=
_He must have a high opinion of her._
=Debe de tener un alto concepto de ella.=--JUAN VALERA.
_I must go to the city to-day._
=Tengo que ir a la ciudad hoy.=
(_a_) When _must_ is followed by a passive infinitive, =hay que= or
=ha de= is used with the infinitive. =Hay que= also translates the
impersonal _one_ (_we_, _you_, _they_, _people_) _must_.
_It mustn't be said that this meeting was in vain._
=No ha de decirse que este encuentro fué en vano.=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_One must talk of that. One must remember that._
=Hay que hablar de eso. Hay que acordarse de eso.=
--FERNÁN CABALLERO.
(_b_) Expressing conjecture or probability _must_ is often translated by
the future and conditional of the verb which in English is the
complementary infinitive with _must_. The future translates the present,
and the conditional the perfect infinitive.
_He must know something about it. He must have worn something._
=Algo sabrá de eso. Algo se pondría.=--LOS QUINTERO.
_It must be because she did it. It must have been that._
=Será porque ella lo haya hecho. Eso sería.=
=77.= EXERCISES
(_a_) 1. Llaman a la puerta. Serán ellos. 2. Su hermano debe de ser
cómplice. 3. La hazaña debió de suceder anoche. 4. No debes llorar sin
decirme por qué. 5. Ha de perdonarme usted si soy un poco malicioso. 6.
No hay que apurarse. Estará bueno en un momento. 7. Usted debe de haber
visto la casa en donde vivo. 8. Debe de ser esa casa blanca a la
derecha. 9. No hay que esperarlos hoy. Tienen razón en no venir. 10.
Serían las tres cuando al fin llegaron.
(_b_) 1. I must write a letter to a friend who is ill. 2. That man must
have a very poor memory. 3. I have brought you a dozen eggs. Is that all
right? 4. It is not right to tell a child what he must do and not help
him to do it. 5. On the right of the avenue was (=hallarse=) a beautiful
park. 6. Look what I have written. It is all right, isn't it? 7. The
bell rang, didn't it? It must be the postman. 8. It must have been John
who telephoned me last night. 9. Is this bill right? It must be. It
seems to be all right. 10. I must telephone him and tell him that it
must be done before night.