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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| (mā) nakhordeem | We didn't eat | (ما) نَخوردیم | |
| (mā) narafteem | We didn’t go | (ما) نَرَفتیم | |
| (mā) nārāhat shodeem | We became unhappy | (ما) ناراحَت شُدیم | |
| (man) asabānee shodam | I became angry | (مَن) عَصَبانی شُدَم | |
| (man) āshpazee kardam | I cooked | (مَن) آشپَزی کَردَم | |
| manast | mine is | من‌ست | |
| (man) āvāz meekhoonam | I sing | (مَن) آواز می‌خونَم | |
| (man) āvāz meekhoonam | I am singing | (مَن) آواز می‌خونَم | |
| man az eerān hastam | I am from Iran | مَن اَز ایران هَستَم | |
| man az ____ hastam | I am from ____ | مَن اَز ــــــــــــــــــ هَستَم | |
| man az ______ hastam | I am from ______ | مَن اَز ـــــــــــــــ هَستَم | |
| 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 | |
| man az ______ neestam | I am not from ______ | مَن اَز ـــــــــــــــ نیستَم | |
| man az tehrān hastam | I am from Tehran | مَن اَز تِهران هَستَم | |
| (man) bad neestam | I am not bad | (مَن) بَد نیستَم | |
| (man) bāyad āvāz bekhoonam | I have to sing | (مَن) بایَد آواز بِخونَم | |
| (man) bāyad bā tō cinemā beram | I have to go to the movies with you | (مَن) بایَد با تُو سینِما بِرَم | |
| (man) bāyad beram | I have to go | (مَن) بایَد بِرَم | |
| (man) bāzi kardam | I played | (مَن) بازی کَردَم |