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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
saretoon dard nakoné I hope your head doesn’t hurt سَرِتون دَرد نَکُنِه How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
sarf kon spend! صَرف کُن payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
sargeejé dāram I am dizzy سَرگیجِه دارَم More About Pain and Illness
sar zé kooyat bar nadāram I will not lift my head from your vicinity سَر زِ کویَت بَرنَدارَم rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat my head from your foot سَر زِ پایَت rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat bar nadāram I will not lift my head from your foot سَر زِ پایَت بَرنَدارَم rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat bar nadāram rooz ō shab I will place my head at your feet day and night سَر زِ پایَت بَرنَدارَم روز و شَب rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat bar nadāram rooz ō shab I will place my head at your feet day and night سَر زِ پایَت بَرنَدارَم روز و شَب rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Intro
savār rider سَوار Meeting on the Street
savār beshō get in! سَوار بِشُو Meeting on the Street
savār meesham I get in سَوار می‌شَم Meeting on the Street
savār shō get in! سَوار شُو Meeting on the Street
savār shodan to get in سَوار شُدَن Meeting on the Street
sāzee you build سازی payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
3 سِه How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
secharkhé tricycle سِه چَرخِه How To Discuss Travel, Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
see 30 سی More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seeb apples سیب dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
seeb apple سیب sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
seeb apple سیب Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)