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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| (man) doost pesar dāram | I have a boyfriend | (مَن) دوست پِسَر دارَم | |
| (man) dorost kardam | I made | (مَن) دُرُست کَردَم | |
| man een vaz-ō dorost kardam? | I created this situation? | مَن این وَضعُو دُرُست کَردَم؟ | |
| (mā) neesteem | We are not | (ما) نیستیم | |
| (mā) nemeedooneem | We don’t know | (ما) نِمی‌دونیم | |
| (mā) nemeesheeneem | We don’t sit | (ما) نِمی‌‌شینیم | |
| man faghat saré haft ō neem bāyad az khooné beram beeroon | I only have to be at work at half past seven | مَن فَقَط سَرِ هَفت و نیم بایَد اَز خونِه بِرَم بیرون | |
| (man) fārsi meefahmam | I understand Persian | (مَن) فارسی می‌فَهمَم | |
| (man) fārsi sohbat nemeekonam | I don’t speak Persian | (مَن) فارسی صُحبَت نِمی‌کُنَم | |
| man goftam har rooz meeyām valee rāham khaylee door-é. deegé nemeetoonam beeyām | I did say I'd come every day, but my commute is a very long way. I just can't come | مَن گُفتَم هَر روز می‌آم وَلی راهَم خِیلی دورِه. دیگِه نِمی‌تونَم بیام | |
| man ham bābām dāghoon shodé! | my dad has been destroyed, too! | مَن هَم بابام داغون شُدِه! | |
| man ham dooset dāram | I like/love you too | مَن هَم دوسِت دارَم | |
| man hāmel-am | I am pregnant | مَن حامِلِه‌اَم | |
| (man) hastam | I am | (مَن) هَستَم | |
| (man) irānee hastam | I am Iranian | (مَن) ایرانی هَستَم | |
| (man) kamee fārsi sohbat meekonam | I speak a bit of Persian | (مَن) کَمی فارسی صُحبَت می‌کُنَم | |
| (man) kāram-ō doost nadāram | I do not like my job | (مَن) کارَمُو دوست نَدارَم | |
| (man) kardam | I did | (مَن) کَردَم | |
| (man) kār kardam | I did work | (مَن) کار کَردَم | |
| (man) kār meekonam | I work | (مَن) کار می‌کُنَم |