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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(oo) hast	He/she is	(او) هَست	The verb ‘To Be’
(oo) irānee hast	He/she is Iranian	(او) ایرانی هَست	The verb ‘To Be’
(oo) kard	He/she did	(او) کَرد	The Simple Past Tense, Compound Verbs
(oo) kār kard	He/she did work	(او) کار کَرد	Compound Verbs
(oo) kār meekoné	He/she works	(او) کار می‌کُنِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines
(oo) kār meekoné	He/she works	(او) کار می‌کُنِه	Present Continuous Tense
(oo) khasté bood	He/she was tired	(او) خَستِه بود	The Simple Past Tense
(oo) khasté shod	He/she became tired	(او) خَستِه شُد	Compound Verbs
(oo) khord	He/she ate	(او) خورد	Review of Unit 3
(oo) khoshgel hast	He/she is pretty	(او) خوشگِل هَست	The verb ‘To Be’
(oo) khoshhāl bood	He/she was happy	(او) خوش‌حال بود	The Simple Past Tense
(oo) khoshhāl hast	He/she is happy	(او) خوش‌حال هَست	The verb ‘To Be’
(oo) khoshhāl shod	He/she became happy	(او) خوشحال شُد	Compound Verbs
(oo) kolāh dāré	He/she has a hat	(او) کُلاه دارِه	The verb ‘To Have’
(oo) kolāh nadāré	He/she doesn’t have a hat	(او) کُلاه نَدارِه	The verb ‘To Have’
(oo) meekhād	he/she wants	(او) می‌خواد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād bā mā beeyād	he/she wants to come with us	(او) می‌خواد با ما بیاد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād beeyād	he/she wants to come	(او) می‌خواد بیاد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād beré	he/she wants to go	(او) می‌خواد بِرِه	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(oo) meekhād khoshhāl bāshé	He/she wants to be happy	(او) می‌خواد خوشحال باشِه	Subjunctive To Have and To Be

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