Very confused about talking about 'the right to' (的权利) in Chinese I have become very confused after getting replies to my question 'Using the word 自由' The original question can be seen here http://www.italki.com/answers/question/101867.htm Now I wrote this sentence 每个孩子都应该有人身自由的权利！In English we would say every child should have the right to personal freedom. Many people said this was correct, but one gentlemen street man, (Thank you Streetman btw for your very detailed careful replies corrections etc on my work, you are a great help to me) questioned this and told me that 'to' in 'a right to' can not be translated as '的‘ this would be 'right of' In English right of and right to are different. When studying the word 自由 and 'the right to' in order to write these sentences, I found several examples ie Every citizen in our country has the right to participate in political activities 我国的每位公民都有参政议政的权利。 Every prisoner has the right to see his relatives once a month. 每位犯人都享有一月一次家属探视的权利。 We reserve the right to charge for the space occupied. 我们保留因为空间占用而收费的权利. The constitution provides for the right to free speech. 宪法规定了言论自由的权利。 There were many more but I wont list them all lol! Hopefully from these examples, you can understand why I am now very confused as to why my sentence is wrong. Why can they all use 的权利 as the right to, but I can not in my sentence 每个孩子都应该有人身自由的权利? Replies in English (if possible) would be greatly appreciated this time, so as to avoid furthering my confusing about this. Though of course Chinese replies are appreciated too. Thank you very much for your time and help on this one!