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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
dar beeyābān gar bé shoghé ka'bé khāhee zad ghadam if you cross the desert in longing for the House of God دَر بیابان گَر بِه شُوقِ کَعبِه خواهی زَد قَدَم yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
dard pain دَرد beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
dard dāram I have pain دَرد دارَم More About Pain and Illness
dard dāree? do you have pain? دَرد داری؟ How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
dar delé man cheezee hast in my heart there is something در دل من چیزی هست dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
dar delé man cheezee hast in my heart there is something دَر دِلِ مَن چیزی هَست dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
dar dorāné ālam in the cycles of the world, in the world's cycles دَر دُورانِ عالَم sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
dāré he/she has دارِه The verb ‘To Have’
dāré He/she has دارِه More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
daré bakhshesh ō dādan āmad padeed the doors of givingness and generosity appeared دَرِ بَخشِش و دادَن آمَد پَدید Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
dāree you (informal singular) have داری payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
dāree You have (informal) داری The verb ‘To Have’
dāree You have (informal) داری More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
dāree cheekār meekonee? What are you doing? (informal) داری چِه کار می‌کُنی؟ Review of Unit 3
dāreem We have داریم The verb ‘To Have’
dāreem We have داریم More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
dāree meekhoree You are eating داری می‌خوری More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
dāree meesheenee You are sitting داری می‌شینی More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
dāree meeyāy You are coming (informal) داری میایی More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
dāreem meekhoreem We are eating داریم می‌خوریم More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)