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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(shomā) neesteen	You are not	(شما) نیستین	The verb ‘To Have’
(shomā) nemeedooneen	You (all) don’t know	(شما) نمی‌دونین	Present Continuous Tense
(shomā) nemeesheeneen	You (all) don’t sit	(شما) نمی‌‌شینین	Present Continuous Tense
(shomā) rafteen	You (all) went	(شما) رفتین	The Simple Past Tense
shomāré telephon	phone number	شماره تلفن	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
(shomā) shenā meekoneen	You (all) swim	(شما) شنا می‌کنین.	Present Continuous Tense
(shomā) shodeen	You (all) became	(شما) شدین	Compound Verbs
(shomā) sohbat kardeen	You spoke (formal)	(شما) صحبت کردین	Review of Unit 3
(shomā) sohbat meekoneen	You speak (formal)	(شما) صحبت می‌کنین	Review of Unit 3
(shomā) tamāshā kardeen	You (all) watched	(شما) تماشا کردین	Compound Verbs
(shomā) tamāshā meekoneen	You (all) watch	(شما) تماشا می‌کنین	Present Continuous Tense
(shomā) tamreen kardeen	You (all) practiced	(شما) تمرین کردین	Compound Verbs
(shomā) telephon kardeen	you (formal) called	(شما) تلفن کردین	Compound Verbs
shoonam dard meekoné	my shoulder hurts	شونم درد می‌کنه.	More About Pain and Illness
shooné	shoulder		How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
shooné	shoulders	شونه	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, More About Pain and Illness
shooné dard dāram	I have a shoulder ache	شونه درد دارم.	More About Pain and Illness
shooné-hā	shoulders	شونه‌ها	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
shoonzdah	16	شونزده	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sobh	morning	صبح	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3

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