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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
jāyé badee	a bad spot	جایِ بَدی	Meeting on the Street
jāyé badee eestādam	I stopped in a bad spot	جایِ بَدی ایستادَم	Meeting on the Street
jedee?	really? seriously?	جِدّی؟	Meeting Up with Friends
jeegar	liver	جیگَر	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
jeegar	dear	جیگَر	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
jeemnāsteek	gymnastics	ژیمناستیک	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
jelō	in front of	جِلو	Prepositions
jeloyé	in front of	جِلویِ	Prepositions
jodā	separated	جُدا	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
jodā shod	he/she/it became separated	جُدا شُد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
jodāyee	separation	جُدایی‌	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
jodāyeehā	separations	جُدایی‌ها	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
jofté badhālān ō khoshhālān shodam	with happy and sad I became a pair	جُفتِ بَدحالان و خوش‌حالان شدم	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
joghd	owl	جغد	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
jom'é	Friday	جُمعِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
jom’é	Friday	جُمعِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
jom’é shab rafteem moozé	Friday night we went to the museum	جُمعِه شَب رَفتیم موزِه.	The Simple Past Tense
jom’é ta'teel-é	Friday is off	جُمعِه تَعطیلِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines
jom’é tateel-é!	Friday is off!	جُمعِه تَعطیلِه!	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
jomé ta'teelé	Friday's off	جُمعِه تَعطیلِ	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)

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