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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
gorāzān bé abr andar-afrāshtash	strutting around, he lifted him into the clouds	گُرازان بِه اَبر اَندَر‌اَفراشتَش	Shahnameh, Part 4
gorbé	cat	گُربِه	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
gorosné-yee?	are you hungry? (informal)	گُرُسنِه‌ای؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
gorosné-yeen?	Are you hungry? (formal)	گُُرُسنه‌یین؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
goshādee zabān-rā bé goftāré sard	he opened his mouth in cold-hearted words	گُشادی زَبان را بِه گُفتارِ سَرد	Shahnameh, Part 3
gozāram	that I put/place, may I put/place!	گُذارَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
gozāshtan	to put	گُذاشتَن	The Simple Subjunctive
gozāshtan	to put	گُذاشتَن	Talking about Wants and Possibilities, How to Discuss Breakfast
gozāshtan	to put	گُذاشتَن	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
gozashté	past	گُذَشتِه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
-hā	every	ها	Present Continuous Tense
had aghal kāsh meezāshteen komaketoon koneem	we wish there was something we could help with, though	حَد‌اَقَل کاش می‌ذاشتین کُمَکِتون کُنیم	Giving Thanks
hadé aghal agé shomā natoonesteed beeyāyeed oon-ō az dast nadam	let me at least not lose that person if you can't come	حَدِاَقل اَگِه شُما نَتونِستید بیایید اونو اَز دَست نَدَم	A Separation, Part 1
hāfez	Hafez	حافِظ	Transition to Persian Poetry
hāfezā	oh Hafez	حافِظا	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
hāfezā roozé ajal gar bé kaf āree jāmee	oh Hafez, if you have a chalice in your hand when you die	حافِظا روزِ اَجَل گَر بِه کَف آری جامی	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
haft	seven	هفت	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
haft	7	هَفت	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
haft	seven	هَفت	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
haftād	70	هَفتاد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons

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