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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(oo) nārāhat shod	He/she became unhappy	(او) ناراحَت شُد	Compound Verbs
(oonā) shenā meekonan	They swim	(اونا) شِنا می‌کُنَن	Present Continuous Tense
(oonā) shodan	They became	(اونا) شُدَن	Compound Verbs
(oonā) sobhāné meekhoran	they eat breakfast	(اونا) صُبحانِه می‌خورَن	How to Talk About Daily Routines
(oonā) sohbat kardan	They spoke	(اونا) صُحبَت کَردَن	Review of Unit 3
(oonā) sohbat meekonan	They speak	(اونا) صُحبَت می‌کُنَن	Review of Unit 3
(oonā) tamāshā kardan	They watched	(اونا) تَماشا کَردَن	Compound Verbs
(oonā) tamāshā meekonan	They watch	(اونا) تَماشا می‌کُنَن	Present Continuous Tense
(oonā) tamreen kardan	They practiced	(اونا) تَمرین کَردَن	Compound Verbs
(oonā) telephon kardan	they called	(اونا) تِلِفُن کَردَن	Compound Verbs
(oo) neest	He/she is not	(او) نیست	The verb ‘To Have’
(oo) nemeedooné	He/she doesn’t know	(او) نِمی‌دونِه	Present Continuous Tense
(oo) nemeesheené	He/she doesn’t sit	(او) نِمی‌‌شینِه	Present Continuous Tense
oonhā	they	اونها	Review of Unit 2
oon telephon mālé kee-yé?	Whose telephone is that?	اون تِلِفُن مالِ کیِه؟	The Concept of "ezāfé"
oon telephon mālé man-é	That telephone is mine	اون تِلِفُن مالِ مَنِه	The Concept of "ezāfé"
oonvakht	and then	اون وَقت	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
oonvakht	and then	اون وَقت	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
(oo) raft	He/she went	(او) رَفت	The Simple Past Tense
(oo) shenā meekoné	He/she swims	(او) شِنا می‌کُنِه	Present Continuous Tense

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