The phrase "hast yen for" is spelled using standard English spelling conventions. "Hast" is a contraction of the second person singular present indicative of the verb "have," commonly spelled "have" or "has." "Yen" is a loanword from Japanese, meaning a strong desire or craving. It is spelled phonetically as /jen/, with a soft "j" sound. The phrase is spelled phonetically as /hæst jɛn fɔr/, with stress on the first syllable of "hast" and the second syllable of "yen."