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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
telephon beerooné keef-é.	The telephone is outside the purse.	تِلِفُن بیرونِ کیفِه.	Prepositions
telephoné Maryam	Maryam’s phone	تِلِفُنِ مَریَم	The Concept of "ezāfé"
telephon kard	he/she called	تِلِفُن کَرد	Compound Verbs
telephon kardan	to call	تِلِفُن کَردَن	Compound Verbs
telephon kardan	to make a phone call	تِلِفُن کَردَن	Compound Verbs
telephon kenāré mobl-é.	The telephone is next to the couch	تِلِفُن کِنارِ مُبلِه.	Prepositions
telephon tooyé keef-é	the telephone is in the purse	تِلِفُن تویِ کیفِه	Prepositions
telephon zeeré meez-é.	The telephone is under the table.	تِلِفُن زیرِ میزِه.	Prepositions
television pahlooyé mobl-é.	The television is next to the couch.	تِلِویزیون پَهلویِ مُبلِه.	Prepositions
television tamāshā meekonam	I watch television	تِلِویزیون تَماشا می‌‌کُنَم	Present Continuous Tense
tenees	tennis	تِنیس	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
termé bābā, een mānto ō maghna'yé madresé-atō bardār beeyār man bandāzam tō bepooshee	Termeh dear, this manteau and headscarf, grab them and bring them so I can leave them for you to wear	تِرمِه بابا این مانتو و مَقنَعهِ مَدرِسِه‌اَتو بَردار بیار مَن بَندازَم تو بِپوشی	A Separation, Part 1
teshné-yee?	Are you thirsty? (informal)	تِشنِه‌یی؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
teshné-yeen?	Are you thirsty? (formal)	تِشنِه‌یین؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
tō	you (informal)	تُو	Review of Unit 2, How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
tō	you (informal singular)	تُو	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
tō	you (informal singular)	تُو	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
tō	you (informal singular)	تُو	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
tō ahlé kojā hastee?	where are you from? (informal)	تُو اَهلِ کُجا هَستی؟	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
(tō) asabānee shodee	You became angry	(تو) عَصَبانی شُدی	Compound Verbs

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