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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
māheeché	muscles	ماهیچِه	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
māheehā	fish	ماهی‌ها	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
māhee seesad, khānom	three hundred a month, miss	ماهی سیصَد، خانُم	A Separation, Part 1
māh-ee yek bar	once a month	ماهی یِک بار	Habitual Actions
māh-ee yek bār bé dāllās meeram.	Once a month I go to Dallas.	ماهی یِک بار بِه دالاس می‌رَم.	Habitual Actions
māhi	fish	ماهی‌	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
māh rokh	moon face	ماه رُخ	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
māh rokhee	a moon face	ماه رُخی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
(mā) irānee hasteem	We are Iranian	(ما) ایرانی هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
majnoon	crazy	مَجنون	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
(mā) kardeem	We did	(ما) کَردیم	The Simple Past Tense, Compound Verbs
(mā) kār kardeem	We did work	(ما) کار کَردیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) kār meekoneem	we work	(ما) کار می‌کُنیم	How to Talk About Daily Routines
(mā) kār meekoneem	We work	(ما) کار می‌کُنیم	Present Continuous Tense
(mā) khasté boodeem	We were tired	(ما) خَستِه بودیم	The Simple Past Tense
(mā) khasté shodeem	We became tired	(ما) خَستِه شُدیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) khordeem	We ate	(ما) خوردیم	Review of Unit 3
(mā) khoshgel hasteem	We are pretty	(ما) خوشگِل هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
(mā) khoshhāl boodeem	We were happy	(ما) خوش‌حال بودیم	The Simple Past Tense
(mā) khoshhāl boodeem	We were happy	(ما) خوش‌حال بودیم	The Simple Past Tense

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