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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
yek lahzé sabr kon	wait a minute	یِک لَحظِه صَبر کُن	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
yek pesar	one son	یِک پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yeksar	immediately	یِکسَر	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
yek sar	immediately	یِک سَر	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
yek sar az kooyé kharābāt barandat bā behesht	they’ll take you directly from the winehouse street to heaven	یِک سَر اَز کویِ خَرابات بَرَندَت بِه بِهِشت	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
yeksar beeyā eenjā	come here right now!	یِکسَر بیا اینجا	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
yek shabee parvānegān jam' āmadand	one night, the moths gathered together	یِک شَبی پَروانِگان جَمع آمَدَند	Parable of the Moths, Part 1
yek shabee parvānegān jam' āmadand	one night, the moths gathered together	یِک شَبی پَروانِگان جَمع آمَدَند
yekshambé	Sunday	یِکشَنبِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
yekshanbé	Sunday	یِکشَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
yekshanbé-hā mad men tamāshā meekonam	On Sundays, I watch Mad Men	یِک‌شَنبِه‌ها مَد مِن تَماشا می‌کُنَم	Present Continuous Tense
yé modat naboodam	I wasn't there for a little while, I stepped out for a second	یِه مُدَّت نَبودَم	Talking with a Neighbor
yé pesar	a son/one son	یِه پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé rooz deevooné boodam	there was a time I was young and wild	یِه روز دیوونِه بودَم	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
yé zahmatee bekesheen	do me a favor	یِه زَحمَتی بِکِشین	A Separation, Part 4
yoosof	Joseph	یوسُف	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
yoosofé gom gashté bāz āyad bé kan'ān, gham makhor!	the lost Joseph will again return to Canaan; grieve not!	یوسُفِ گُم گَشتِه باز آیَد بِه کَنعان، غَم مَخُور	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
zabān bargoshādand baré pahlevān	opened their tongues to the hero	زَبان بَرگُشادَند بَرِ پَهلِوان	Shahnameh, Part 3
zaboon	tongue	زَبون	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
zafarān	saffron	زَعفَران	Persian Food

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