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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
(oonā) meeran They go (اونا) می‌‌رَن Present Continuous Tense
(oonā) meetoonan they can (اونا) می‌تونَن The Simple Subjunctive
(oonā) meetoonan khoshhāl bāshan they can be happy (اونا) می‌تونَن خوشحال باشَن Subjunctive To Have and To Be
(oonā) meeyāran they bring (اونا) می‌‌آرَن The Simple Subjunctive
(oonā) meezāran they put (اونا) می‌ذارَن The Simple Subjunctive
(oonā) nadāran They don’t have (اونا) نَدارَن The verb ‘To Have’
(oonā) nakhordan They don’t eat (اونا) نَخوردَن Review of Unit 3
(oonā) naraftan They didn’t go (اونا) نَرَفتَن The Simple Past Tense
(oonā) nārāhat shodan They became unhappy (اونا) ناراحَت شُدَن Compound Verbs
(oonā) neestan They are not (آنها) نیستَن The verb ‘To Have’
(oonā) nemeedoonan They don’t know (اونا) نِمی‌دونَن Present Continuous Tense
(oonā) nemeesheenan They don’t sit (اونا) نِمی‌‌شینَن Present Continuous Tense
(oo) naraft He/she didn’t go (او) نَرَفت The Simple Past Tense
(oonā) raftan They went (اونا) رَفتَن The Simple Past Tense
(oo) nārāhat shod He/she became unhappy (او) ناراحَت شُد Compound Verbs
(oonā) shenā meekonan They swim (اونا) شِنا می‌کُنَن Present Continuous Tense
(oonā) shodan They became (اونا) شُدَن Compound Verbs
(oonā) sobhāné meekhoran they eat breakfast (اونا) صُبحانِه می‌خورَن How to Talk About Daily Routines
(oonā) sohbat kardan They spoke (اونا) صُحبَت کَردَن Review of Unit 3
(oonā) sohbat meekonan They speak (اونا) صُحبَت می‌کُنَن Review of Unit 3