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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
goosh	ear	گوش	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
goosham dard meekoné	my ear hurts	گوشَم دَرد می‌کُنِه	More About Pain and Illness
goosh dard dāram	I have an earache	گوش دَرد دارَم	More About Pain and Illness
gooshee	handset, mobile phone, smartphone	گوشی‌	Thanking a Shopowner
gooshee-rō negah dār	hold the phone	گوشی رُو نِگَه دار	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
goosh-hā	ears	گوش‌ها	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
goosh kon	listen	گوش کُن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
gorāzān bé abr andar-afrāshtash	strutting around, he lifted him into the clouds	گُرازان بِه اَبر اَندَر‌اَفراشتَش	Shahnameh, Part 4
gorbé	cat	گُربِه	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
gorosné-yee?	are you hungry? (informal)	گُرُسنِه‌ای؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
gorosné-yeen?	Are you hungry? (formal)	گُُرُسنه‌یین؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
goshādee zabān-rā bé goftāré sard	he opened his mouth in cold-hearted words	گُشادی زَبان را بِه گُفتارِ سَرد	Shahnameh, Part 3
gozāram	that I put/place, may I put/place!	گُذارَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
gozāshtan	to put	گُذاشتَن	The Simple Subjunctive
gozāshtan	to put	گُذاشتَن	Talking about Wants and Possibilities, How to Discuss Breakfast
gozāshtan	to put	گُذاشتَن	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
gozashté	past	گُذَشتِه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
-hā	every	ها	Present Continuous Tense
had aghal kāsh meezāshteen komaketoon koneem	we wish there was something we could help with, though	حَد‌اَقَل کاش می‌ذاشتین کُمَکِتون کُنیم	Giving Thanks
hadé aghal agé shomā natoonesteed beeyāyeed oon-ō az dast nadam	let me at least not lose that person if you can't come	حَدِاَقل اَگِه شُما نَتونِستید بیایید اونو اَز دَست نَدَم	A Separation, Part 1

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