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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| leyla: khaylee khoshmaz-as! va ajab tadeegee! | It's so delicious! And what wonderful tadeeg! | لِیلا: خِیلی خوشمَزَس! وَ عَجَب تَه‌دیگی! | |
| leylā: khaylee mamnoon az davatetoon! cheghadr eenjā ghashangé! | Thanks for the invite! What a nice place! | لِیلا: خِیلی مَمنون اَز دَعوَتِتون! چِقَدر اینجا قَشَنگِه! | |
| leyla: khaylee tool kesheed. | It took a long time. | لِیلا: خِیلی طول کِشید. | |
| leyla: khaylee vaght-é ké ghormé sabzi nakhordam barāyé eenké dar austin restoorāné irāni nadāreem. | It's been a long time since I've had ghormé sabzi because we don't have any Persian restaurants in Austin. | لِیلا: خِیلی وَقتِه کِه قورمِه سَبزی نَخوردَم بَرایِ این‌کِه دَر آستین رِستورانِ ایرانی نَداریم. | |
| leylā: khaylee zeeyādé. | That's a lot. | لِیلا: خِیلی زیادِه. | |
| leylā: khob, bāshé! | Well, ok! | لِیلا: خُب، باشِه. | |
| leylā: khob, khaylee khoob-é. | Well, that's great. | لِیلا: خُب، خِیلی خوبِه. | |
| leylā: khob, matt, aval begoo dāneshgāh chetor-é? dars-hā khoob peesh meeran? | Well Matt, tell us, how is school? Are studies going well? | لِیلا: خُب، مَت، اَوَل بِگو دانِشگاه چِطورِه؟ دَرس‌ها خوب پیش می‌رَن؟ | |
| leylā: khob, pass tā fardā. | Ok then, until tomorrow. | لِیلا: خُب، پَس تا فَردا. | |
| leyla: khob, ya'nee joz’ee bood. | Well, it means it was minor. | لِیلا: خُب، یَعنی جُزئی بود. | |
| leylā: khodāhāfez khālé farnāz! | Goodbye Aunt Farnaz! | لِیلا: خُداحافِظ خالِه فَرناز! | |
| leylā: khoob-am, khaylee mamnoon. shomā chetor-een? fariborz joon, sahar, khoob hastan? | I'm well, thank you very much. How are you? Fariborz, Sahar, how are they? | لِیلا: خوبَم، خِیلی مَمنون. شُما چِطورین؟ فَریبُرز جون، سَحَر، خوب هَستَن؟ | |
| leylā: khosh begzaré, shenā dar ogheeyānoos khaylee kayf dāré. | Have a good time; swimming in the ocean is very pleasurable. | لِیلا: خوش بِگذَرِه، شِنا دَر اُقیانوس خِیلی کِیف دارِه. | |
| leyla: khosh gozasht? | Did you have fun? | لِیلا: خوش گُذَشت؟ | |
| leylā: kojāyé espāniyā? | Where in Spain? | لِیلا: کُجایِ اِسپانیا؟ | |
| leylā (laughs): fekr meekonam ‘Les Miserables’ farānsavee-yé! | I think 'Les Miserables' is French! | لِیلا: (می‌خَندِه) فِکر می‌کُنَم «Les Misérables» فَرانسَویِه! | |
| leyla: māmān joon eenjā hastan? | Is grandmother here? | لِیلا: مامان جون اینجا هَستَن؟ | |
| leyla: man ham hameentor! | Me too! | لِیلا: مَن هَم هَمینطور! | |
| leylā: man ham hameentor! khaylee vaght-é ké hamdeega-rō nadeedeem! | Me too! It's been a while since we've seen each other! | لِیلا: مَن هَم هَمینطور! خِیلی وَقتِه کِه هَمدیگَرو نَدیدیم! | |
| leylā: matt, alān sé māh-é ké tō-rō nadeedam. | Matt, it's been three months that I haven't seen you | لِیلا: مَت، اَلان سِه ماهِه کِه تو رو نَدیدَم. |