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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
yek daftar	a notebook	یک دفتر	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
yek dokhtar	one daughter	یِک دُختَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yekee pāk poor āmad az māhrooy	a certain pure son came from the moon-faced one	یِکی پاک پور آمَد اَز ماهروی	Shahnameh, Part 1
yé khāhar	a sister/one sister	یِه خواهَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek kam seft-tar bebandeen az fardā lotfan ké... natooné bāz koné	please close it a bit tighter tomorrow so that…he can't open it	یِه کَم سِفتتَر بِبَندین اَز فَردا لُطفاً کِه… نَتونِه باز کُنِه	A Separation, Part 2
yek lahzé	one moment	یِک لَحظِه	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
yek lahzé sabr kon	wait a minute	یِک لَحظِه صَبر کُن	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
yek pesar	one son	یِک پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yeksar	immediately	یِکسَر	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
yek sar	immediately	یِک سَر	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
yek sar az kooyé kharābāt barandat bā behesht	they’ll take you directly from the winehouse street to heaven	یِک سَر اَز کویِ خَرابات بَرَندَت بِه بِهِشت	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
yeksar beeyā eenjā	come here right now!	یِکسَر بیا اینجا	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
yek shabee parvānegān jam' āmadand	one night, the moths gathered together	یِک شَبی پَروانِگان جَمع آمَدَند	Parable of the Moths, Part 1
yek shabee parvānegān jam' āmadand	one night, the moths gathered together	یِک شَبی پَروانِگان جَمع آمَدَند
yekshambé	Sunday	یِکشَنبِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
yekshanbé	Sunday	یِکشَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
yekshanbé-hā mad men tamāshā meekonam	On Sundays, I watch Mad Men	یِک‌شَنبِه‌ها مَد مِن تَماشا می‌کُنَم	Present Continuous Tense
yé pesar	a son/one son	یِه پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé rooz deevooné boodam	there was a time I was young and wild	یِه روز دیوونِه بودَم	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
yé zahmatee bekesheen	do me a favor	یِه زَحمَتی بِکِشین	A Separation, Part 4

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