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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
bāshad bāz	that he/she/it is again	باشَد باز	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
bāsham	(I) be	باشَم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshan	(they) be	باشَن	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshé	(he/she) be	باشِه	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshé	okay	باشِه	A Separation, Part 1
bāshé	ok	باشِه	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
bāshé, bezār yād dāsht konam	okay, let me make a note	باشِه، بِذار یادداشت کُنَم	A Separation, Part 4
bāshee	(you informal) be	باشی	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheem	(we) be	باشیم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheen	(you formal) be	باشین	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshgāh	gym, club	باشگاه	Meeting on the Street
basketbāll	basketball	بَسکِتبال	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bastam	I closed	بستم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
basté shodan	to become closed	بَستِه شُدَن	Compound Verbs
bāyad	must/should	بایَد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
bāyad	should, must	بایَد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bāyad	must	بایَد	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
bāyad chāi bekhoram	I have to drink tea	بایَد چای بِخورَم	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
bāyad khaylee morāghebesh bāsheenā	you really have to take good care of him	بایَد خِیلی مُراقِبِش باشینا	A Separation, Part 4
bāyad māsheen dāshté bāsham	I have to have a car	بایَد ماشین داشتِه باشَم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be

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