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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| (man) doost dāram shokolāt bokhoram | I like to eat chocolate | (مَن) دوست دارَم شُکُلات بُخورَم | How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes |
| (man) doost dāram varzesh bokonam | I like to exercise | (مَن) دوست دارَم وَرزِش بُکُنَم | How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes |
| (man) doost dokhtar dāram | I have a girlfriend | (مَن) دوست دُختَر دارَم | How to Talk About Love and Friendship |
| (man) doost nadāram ketāb bekhoonam | I do not like to read books | (مَن) دوست نَدارَم کِتاب بِخونَم | How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes |
| (man) doost nadāram varzesh bokonam | I do not like to exercise | (مَن) دوست نَدارَم وَرزِش بُکُنَم | How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes |
| (man) doost pesar dāram | I have a boyfriend | (مَن) دوست پِسَر دارَم | How to Talk About Love and Friendship |
| (man) dorost kardam | I made | (مَن) دُرُست کَردَم | Compound Verbs |
| man een vaz-ō dorost kardam? | I created this situation? | مَن این وَضعُو دُرُست کَردَم؟ | A Separation, Part 5 |
| (mā) neesteem | We are not | (ما) نیستیم | The verb ‘To Have’ |
| (mā) nemeedooneem | We don’t know | (ما) نِمی‌دونیم | Present Continuous Tense |
| (mā) nemeesheeneem | We don’t sit | (ما) نِمی‌‌شینیم | Present Continuous Tense |
| 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 | A Separation, Part 1 |
| (man) fārsi meefahmam | I understand Persian | (مَن) فارسی می‌فَهمَم | How to Speak About the Languages You Know |
| (man) fārsi sohbat nemeekonam | I don’t speak Persian | (مَن) فارسی صُحبَت نِمی‌کُنَم | How to Speak About the Languages You Know |
| 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 | A Separation, Part 2 |
| man ham bābām dāghoon shodé! | my dad has been destroyed, too! | مَن هَم بابام داغون شُدِه! | A Separation, Part 5 |
| man ham dooset dāram | I like/love you too | مَن هَم دوسِت دارَم | How to Talk About Love and Friendship |
| man hāmel-am | I am pregnant | مَن حامِلِه‌اَم | Babies |
| man ham khaylee khoshvaghtam | very pleased to meet you, too | مَن هَم خِیلی خوشوَقتَم | Meeting New People |
| man ham khaylee khoshvaghtam. bebakhsheed, esmetoon? | Very pleased to meet you, too. Sorry, what's your name? | مَن هَم خِیلی خوشوَقتَم. بِبَخشید اِسمِتون؟ | Meeting New People |