specialweaponsdalek7

[wide badger]

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[spice anvil]

I would translate like that
That’s the right book: C’est le bon livre
You are wrong: Tu as tort

Depends on the context

That’s the wrong book: C’est le mauvais livre

[rapid coyote]

A dictionary such as wordreference will give you contextual translations, as it depends

[fresh trellis]

yeah I looked at a dictionairy but kidna got overloaded with how many ways it can be translated

is there any just very common ways of saying it

like if you had to just say the word alone what would you say

[rapid coyote]

that doesn't work, there are too many contexts where it would be translated differently. This happens a lot between languages

if all of them together is too overwhelming, just learn it for the contexts you're using it in

[lost shuttle]

Polysemy is everywhere and you can't just don't care about it.
If you said the word "right" without context I would have said "droit", like in "human rights", or maybe "droite" like "on the right". You can't underestimate the importance of precision in langage learning.

[fresh trellis]

Alr jeez I just didn't know if it had one literal translstion

[ocean sail]

In this context, you can translate right as "bon" or "bonne" depending of the item's gender.
eg. C'est le bon livre

For wrong as I saw previously, I will use tort, but it's only in this exact context when someone think is right but he's not. In general, if your "wrong" can be replace in the sens by "not good" you can say something like "pas bon".
eg. That's the wrong exit -> Ce n'est pas la bonne sortie