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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
lotfan yavāshtar sohbat kon	please speak more slowly (informal)	لُطفاً یَواش‌تَر صُحبَت کُن	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
lotfan yavāshtar sohbat koneen	please speak more slowly (formal)	لُطفاً یَواش‌تَر صُحبَت کُنین	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
lotf dāreen	you are too kind	لُطف دارین	Respect in the Persian Culture
mā	we	ما	Review of Unit 2
(mā) asabānee shodeem	We became angry	(ما) عَصَبانی شُدیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) āshpazee kardeem	we cooked	(ما) آشپَزی کَردیم	Compound Verbs
mabādā	be careful! beware! don't! lest, so that…not	مَبادا	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
mabādā tā zeeyam joz eshgh kāree	God forbid that I undertake any work save that of love’s	مَبادا تا زیَم جُز عِشق کاری	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
(mā) bāzi kardeem	we played	(ما) بازی کَردیم	Compound Verbs
mā bé donyā oomadeem	we were born	ما بِه دُنیا اومَدیم	Babies
(mā) beeyāreem	we bring	(ما) بیاریم	The Simple Subjunctive
(mā) boodeem	We were	(ما) بودیم	The Simple Past Tense
māch, māch	Kiss kiss	ماچ، ماچ	A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Mother
madad	help	مَدَد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
mādar	mother	مادَر	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
mā dar ān jangalé sabz seeyāl shaby az khargooshān vahshee va dar ān daryāyé moztarebé khoonsard	we asked wild rabbits one night in that green flowing forest and shells full of pearls in that turbulent cold blooded sea		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
mādar bozorg	grandmother	مادَربُزُرگ	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
(mā) dāreem	We have	(ما) داریم	The verb ‘To Have’
(mā) dāreem meekhoreem	We are eating	(ما) داریم می‌خوریم	Review of Unit 3
(mā) dāreem sohbat meekoneem	We are speaking	(ما) داریم صُحبَت میی‌کُنیم	Review of Unit 3

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