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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(tō) sohbat meekonee	You speak (informal)	(تو) صُحبَت می‌کُنی	Review of Unit 3
(tō) tamāshā kardee	You watched	(تو) تَماشا کَردی	Compound Verbs
(tō) tamāshā meekonee	You watch	(تو) تَماشا می‌کُنی	Present Continuous Tense
(tō) tamreen kardee	You practiced	(تو) تَمرین کَردی	Compound Verbs
(tō) telephon kardee	you (informal) called	(تو) تِلِفُن کَردی	Compound Verbs
va	and	وَ	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
va	and	وَ	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
va	and	و	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
va az ān shākheyé bāzeegar door az dast seeb rā cheedeyeem	and that we have plucked the apple from that playful, hard to reach branch		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
va baghā rā dar yek lahzé nāmahdood kê dō khorsheed bé ham kheeré shodand	and we found permanence in an endless moment when two suns stared at each other		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
va chenān beetābam	and i'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
va chenān beetābam	and I'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
vāghan deegé yavāsh yavāsh pāsheem	Really let's start going.	واقعا دیگه یواش یواش پاشیم.	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
vakeel	lawyer	وَکیل	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
vakht	time	وَقت	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vālā	truthfully	والا	Review of Unit 2
vali	but	وَلی	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions, The Simple Past Tense
vali khoob peesh meeré.	but it's going well.	وَلی خوب پیش می‌رِه.	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
vali oon morghé zard ghashangtar-é.	But that yellow chicken is nicer-looking.	وَلی اون مُرغِ زَرد قَشَنگ‌تَرِه.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
va (man) sā’até hasht sobhāné meekohram.	And I eat breakfast at 8.	وَ (مَن) ساعَتِ هَشت صُبحانِه می‌خورَم.	How to Talk About Daily Routines

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