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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(tō) sobhāné meekhoree	you eat breakfast (informal)	(تو) صُبحانِه می‌‌خوری	How to Talk About Daily Routines
(tō) sohbat kardee	You spoke (informal)	(تو) صُحبَت کَردی	Review of Unit 3
(tō) sohbat meekonee	You speak (informal)	(تو) صُحبَت می‌کُنی	Review of Unit 3
(tō) tamāshā kardee	You watched	(تو) تَماشا کَردی	Compound Verbs
(tō) tamāshā meekonee	You watch	(تو) تَماشا می‌کُنی	Present Continuous Tense
(tō) tamreen kardee	You practiced	(تو) تَمرین کَردی	Compound Verbs
(tō) telephon kardee	you (informal) called	(تو) تِلِفُن کَردی	Compound Verbs
va	and	وَ	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
va	and	وَ	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4, rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
va	and	وَ	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
va	and	وَ	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
va	and	وَ	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
va az ān shākheyé bāzeegar door az dast seeb rā cheedeyeem	and that we have plucked the apple from that playful, hard to reach branch		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
va baghā rā dar yek lahzé nāmahdood kê dō khorsheed bé ham kheeré shodand	and we found permanence in an endless moment when two suns stared at each other		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
va chenān beetābam	and I'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
va chenān beetābam	and i'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
v'agar keeshé āhreman āvardé-am	and if I have followed the ways of evil	وَگَر کیشِ آهرِمَن آوَردِه‌اَم	Shahnameh, Part 1
va gar rasmé fanā khāhee	if you want the tradition of nonexistence	وَ گَر رَسمِ فَنا خواهی	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
vāgh'an deegé yavāsh yavāsh pā sheem	really, let's start going	واقعاً دیگِه یَواش یَواش پا شیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
vāgh'an eftekhār dādeen	thank you so much	واقعاً اِفتِخار دادین	Tārof at a Gallery

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