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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
man	me / I	مَن	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing, Review of Unit 2, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3, raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
man	I, me	مَن	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
man	I, me	مَن	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
(mā) nadāreem	We don’t have	(ما) نَداریم	The verb ‘To Have’
man agar neek-am ō gar bad tō bōrō khod rā bāsh	if I am good or bad, go be yourself	مَن اَگَر نیکَم و گَر بَد تُو بُرُو خود را باش	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
man agé bekhām eentoree beeyām deegé fekr konam bāyad panj, panj ō neem az khooné beeyām beeroon	I think if I wanted to come at that time, I'd have to leave home by five or half past five	مَن اَگِه بِخوام اینطوری بیام دیگِه فِکر کُنَم بایَد پَنج، پَنج و نیم اَز خونِه بیام بیرون	A Separation, Part 1
(mā) nakhordeem	We didn't eat	(ما) نَخوردیم	Review of Unit 3
(mā) narafteem	We didn’t go	(ما) نَرَفتیم	The Simple Past Tense
(mā) nārāhat shodeem	We became unhappy	(ما) ناراحَت شُدیم	Compound Verbs
(man) asabānee shodam	I became angry	(مَن) عَصَبانی شُدَم	Compound Verbs
(man) āshpazee kardam	I cooked	(مَن) آشپَزی کَردَم	Compound Verbs
manast	mine is	من‌ست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
(man) āvāz meekhoonam	I sing	(مَن) آواز می‌خونَم	The Simple Subjunctive
(man) āvāz meekhoonam	I am singing	(مَن) آواز می‌خونَم	The Simple Subjunctive
man az eerān hastam	I am from Iran	مَن اَز ایران هَستَم	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
man az ____ hastam	I am from ____	مَن اَز ــــــــــــــــــ هَستَم	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
man az ______ hastam	I am from ______	مَن اَز ـــــــــــــــ هَستَم	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
man az ____ hastam, valee hālā dar ____ zendegee meekonam	I am from ____, but now I live in ____	مَن اَز ـــــــــــ هَستَم، وَلی حالا دَر ـــــــــــ زِندِگی می‌کُنَم	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
man az ______ neestam	I am not from ______	مَن اَز ـــــــــــــــ نیستَم	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
man az tehrān hastam	I am from Tehran	مَن اَز تِهران هَستَم	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You

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