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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(man) tamreen kardam	I practiced	(مَن) تَمرین کَردَم	Compound Verbs
(man) telephon kardam	I made a call	(مَن) تِلِفُن کَردَم	Compound Verbs
man telephon zadam	I made a call	مَن تِلِفُن زَدَم	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
(man) vakeel hastam	I am a lawyer	(مَن) وََکیل هَستَم	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
(man) varzesh doost dāram	I like sports	(مَن) وَرزِش دوست دارَم	How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes
man yé khāhar dāram	I have a sister	مَن یِه خواهَر دارَم	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
(man) yé morghé sefeed dāram.	I have one (a) white chicken.	(مَن) یِه مُرغِ سِفید دارَم.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
(man) zan dāram	I have a wife	(مَن) زَن دارَم	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
manzel	house, home	مَنزِل	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
manzel	home	مَنزِل	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
manzelé khodetoon-é	make yourself at home!	مَنزِلِ خودِتونِه	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
manzelé mā	our house	مَنزِلِ ما	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
manzelé man	my house	مَنزِلِ مَن	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
(mā) podcast dāreem	We have a podcast	(ما) پادکَست داریم.	The verb ‘To Have’
mār	snake	مار	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
marā	to me	مَرا	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
marā	me	مَرا	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
(mā) rafteem	We went	(ما) رَفتیم	The Simple Past Tense
marā k'az eshgh	to me than love	مَرا کَز عِشق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
marā k'az eshgh bé nāyad sho'āree	no greater practice exists than the practice of love	مَرا کَز عِشق بِه نایَد شُعاری	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro

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