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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(oo) khoshhāl hast	He/she is happy	(او) خوش‌حال هَست	The verb ‘To Be’
(oo) khoshhāl shod	He/she became happy	(او) خوشحال شُد	Compound Verbs
(oo) kolāh dāré	He/she has a hat	(او) کُلاه دارِه	The verb ‘To Have’
(oo) kolāh nadāré	He/she doesn’t have a hat	(او) کُلاه نَدارِه	The verb ‘To Have’
(oo) meekhād	he/she wants	(او) می‌خواد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād bā mā beeyād	he/she wants to come with us	(او) می‌خواد با ما بیاد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād beeyād	he/she wants to come	(او) می‌خواد بیاد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād beré	he/she wants to go	(او) می‌خواد بِرِه	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād khoshhāl bāshé	He/she wants to be happy	(او) می‌خواد خوشحال باشِه	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
(oo) meekhāhad	he/she wants	(او) می‌خواهَد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhoré	He/she eat	(او) می‌خورِه	Review of Unit 3
(oo) meekoné	He/she does	(او) می‌کُنِه	Present Continuous Tense
(oo) meeré	He/she goes	(او) می‌‌رِه	Present Continuous Tense
(oo) meetooné	he/she can	(او) می‌تونِه	The Simple Subjunctive
(oo) meetooné khoshhāl bāshé	He/she can be happy	(او) می‌تونِه خوشحال باشِه	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
(oo) meeyāré	he/she brings	(او) می‌‌ارِه	The Simple Subjunctive
(oo) meezāré	he/she puts	(او) می‌ذارِه	The Simple Subjunctive
(oo) moodooné	He/she knows	(او) می‌دونِه	Present Continuous Tense
oon	it	اون	Review of Unit 2
(oonā) asabānee shodan	They became angry	(اونا) عَصَبانی شُدَن	Compound Verbs

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