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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
(oo) dorost kard He/she made (او) دُرُست کَرد
(oo) hast He/she is (او) هَست
(oo) irānee hast He/she is Iranian (او) ایرانی هَست
(oo) kard He/she did (او) کَرد
(oo) kār kard He/she did work (او) کار کَرد
(oo) kār meekoné he/she works (او) کار می‌کُنِه
(oo) kār meekoné He/she works (او) کار می‌کُنِه
(oo) khasté bood He/she was tired (او) خَستِه بود
(oo) khasté shod He/she became tired (او) خَستِه شُد
(oo) khord He/she ate (او) خورد
(oo) khoshgel hast He/she is pretty (او) خوشگِل هَست
(oo) khoshhāl bood He/she was happy (او) خوش‌حال بود
(oo) khoshhāl hast He/she is happy (او) خوش‌حال هَست
(oo) khoshhāl shod He/she became happy (او) خوشحال شُد
(oo) kolāh dāré He/she has a hat (او) کُلاه دارِه
(oo) kolāh nadāré He/she doesn’t have a hat (او) کُلاه نَدارِه
oomadam takleefé bacham-ō roshan konam I came to figure out the situation with my kid اومَدَم تَکلیفِ بَچِّه‌اَمُو رُوشَن کُنَم
(oo) meekhād he/she wants (او) می‌خواد
(oo) meekhād bā mā beeyād he/she wants to come with us (او) می‌خواد با ما بیاد
(oo) meekhād beeyād he/she wants to come (او) می‌خواد بیاد