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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(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) meesheené	he/she sits	(او) می‌شینِه	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
(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) meeyandāzé	he/she throws	(او) می‌اَندازِه	Thanking a Shopowner
(oo) meeyāré	he/she brings	(او) می‌‌آرِه	The Simple Subjunctive
(oo) meeyāré	he/she brings	(او) می‌آرِه	Thanking a Shopowner
(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
(oonā) āshpazee kardan	they cooked	(اونا) آشپَزی کَردَن	Compound Verbs
(oonā) bāzi kardan	they played	(اونا) بازی کَردَن	Compound Verbs
(oonā) beeyāran	they bring	(اونا) بیارَن	The Simple Subjunctive
(oonā) bendāzan	that they throw	(اونا) بِندازَن	Thanking a Shopowner
(oonā) boodan	They were	(اونا) بودَن	The Simple Past Tense
(oonā) dāran	They have	(اونا) دارَن	The verb ‘To Have’

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