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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| (man) deltang boodam | I was heavy-hearted | (مَن) دِلتَنگ بودَم | |
| (man) deltang hastam | I am heavy-hearted | (مَن) دِلتَنگ هَستَم | |
| man: dō nafar. | Two people. | مَرد: دو نَفَر. | |
| (man) doost dāram fārsi yād begeeram | I like to learn Persian | (مَن) دوست دارَم فارسی یاد بِگیرَم | |
| (man) doost dāram feelm bebeenam | I like to watch movies | (مَن) دوست دارَم فیلم بِبینَم. | |
| (man) doost dāram ketāb bekhoonam | I like to read books | (مَن) دوست دارَم کِتاب بِخونَم | |
| (man) doost dāram shokolāt bokhoram | I like to eat chocolate | (مَن) دوست دارَم شُکُلات بُخورَم | |
| (man) doost dāram varzesh bokonam | I like to exercise | (مَن) دوست دارَم وَرزِش بُکُنَم | |
| (man) doost dokhtar dāram | I have a girlfriend | (مَن) دوست دُختَر دارَم | |
| (man) doost nadāram ketāb bekhoonam | I do not like to read books | (مَن) دوست نَدارَم کِتاب بِخونَم | |
| (man) doost nadāram varzesh bokonam | I do not like to exercise | (مَن) دوست نَدارَم وَرزِش بُکُنَم | |
| (man) doost pesar dāram | I have a boyfriend | (مَن) دوست پِسَر دارَم | |
| (man) dorost kardam | I made | (مَن) دُرُست کَردَم | |
| man een vaz-ō dorost kardam? | I created this situation? | مَن این وَضعُو دُرُست کَردَم؟ | |
| (mā) neesteem | We are not | (ما) نیستیم | |
| (mā) nemeedooneem | We don’t know | (ما) نِمی‌دونیم | |
| (mā) nemeesheeneem | We don’t sit | (ما) نِمی‌‌شینیم | |
| man faghat saré haft ō neem bāyad az khooné beram beeroon | I only have to be at work at half past seven | مَن فَقَط سَرِ هَفت و نیم بایَد اَز خونِه بِرَم بیرون | |
| (man) fārsi meefahmam | I understand Persian | (مَن) فارسی می‌فَهمَم | |
| (man) fārsi sohbat nemeekonam | I don’t speak Persian | (مَن) فارسی صُحبَت نِمی‌کُنَم |