The spelling of the phrase "hast a claim" is interesting because it mixes archaic and modern English. "Hast" is a second-person singular present tense form of "have", which is no longer commonly used in modern English. The "a" in "a claim" is an indefinite article indicating that the noun that follows is singular and not specifically known. The phonetic transcription for "hast a claim" is /hæst ə kleɪm/. while the stress falls on the first syllable, "hast".