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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(mā) boodeem	We were	(ما) بودیم	The Simple Past Tense
māch, māch	Kiss kiss	ماچ، ماچ	A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Mother
madad	help	مَدَد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
mādar	mother	مادَر	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
mā dar ān jangalé sabz seeyāl shaby az khargooshān vahshee va dar ān daryāyé moztarebé khoonsard	we asked wild rabbits one night in that green flowing forest and shells full of pearls in that turbulent cold blooded sea		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
mādar bozorg	grandmother	مادَربُزُرگ	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
(mā) dāreem	We have	(ما) داریم	The verb ‘To Have’
(mā) dāreem meekhoreem	We are eating	(ما) داریم می‌خوریم	Review of Unit 3
(mā) dāreem sohbat meekoneem	We are speaking	(ما) داریم صُحبَت میی‌کُنیم	Review of Unit 3
mādaré man	my mother	مادَرِ مَن	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
(mā) dāshté bāsheem	we have	(ما) داشتِه باشیم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
(mā) deevooné hasteem	We are crazy	(ما) دیوونِه هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
(mā) deltang hasteem	We are heavy-hearted	(ما) دِلتَنگ هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
(mā) dorost kardeem	We made	(ما) دُرُست کَردیم	Compound Verbs
madresé mojahazee bé nazar meeyād. eentor neest?	The school looks equipped. Isn't it?	مَدرِسِه مُجَهَّزی بِه نَظَر می‌آد. اینطُور نیست؟	How to Talk About School
mā eenghadr az shomā mohabat deedeem	you've been so kind to us	ما اینقَدر اَز شُما مُحَبَّت دیدیم	Giving Thanks
magar k'een nesheemet nayāyad bekār	as long as this place of yours serves a purpose (unless this seat of yours serves no purpose)	مَگَر کین نِشیمِت نَیایَد بِکار	Shahnameh, Part 4
magar mardomee kheeré khānee hamee	or else you will just blindly/foolishly call it humanity	مَگَر مَردُمی خیرِه خوانی هَمی	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 6
magar sāyéyee yāftee zé āftāb	unless he found some shade from the sun	مَگَر سایِه‌یی یافتی زِ آفتاب	Shahnameh, Part 2
magé bachash namordé?	didn't her child die?	مَگِه بَچِّه‌اَش نَمُردِه؟	A Separation, Part 5

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