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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
martoob-é	It's humid	مَرطوبِه	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
mas'alé-ee neest. pas befarmāyeed bā man tamās begeeran man bāhāshoon gharār meezaram.	Okay, so tell him to call me, and I’ll make plans with him.	مَسئَلِه‌ای نیست. پَس بِفَرمایید با مَن تَماس بِگیرَن مَن باهاشون قَرار می‌ذارَم.	A Separation, Part 3
māsheen	car	ماشین	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), How To Discuss Travel, Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
māsheené koocheekam	my small car	ماشینِ کوچیکَم	The Concept of "ezāfé"
māsheené koocheeké geroonam	my expensive small car	ماشینِ کوچیکِ گِرونَم	The Concept of "ezāfé"
māsheen-ō meetoonam bezāram too gārāge	I can put the car in the garage	ماشینُو می‌تونَم بِذارَم تو گاراژ	The Simple Subjunctive
māsheen-rō doobl pārk kardam	I double-parked the car	ماشین رُو دوبل پارک کَردَم	Meeting Up with Friends
masheen savāree	riding a car	ماشین سَواری	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
māsheen tooyé gārāge-é.	The car is in the garage.	ماشین تویِ گاراژِه.	Prepositions
(mā) shenā meekoneem	We swim	(ما) شِنا می‌کُنیم	Present Continuous Tense
mashghoolé kār	busy with work	مَشغولِ کار	Meeting Up with Friends
mashghoolé kār shodam	I've become busy with work	مَشغولِ کار شُدَم	Meeting Up with Friends
mashghoolé kār shodan	to become/get busy with work	مَشغولِ کار شُدَن	Meeting Up with Friends
(mā) shodeem	We became	(ما) شُدیم	Compound Verbs
masjed	mosque	مَسجِد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
masjed	mosque	مَسجِد	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
(mā) sobhāné meekhoreem	we eat breakfast	(ما) صُبحانِه می‌خوریم	How to Talk About Daily Routines
(mā) sohbat kardeem	We spoke	(ما) صُحبَت کَردیم	Review of Unit 3
(mā) sohbat meekoneem	We speak	(ما) صُحبَت می‌کُنیم	Review of Unit 3
mast	drunk	مَست	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4

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