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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
mastee	you are drunk	مَستی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
(mā) tamāshā kardeem	We watched	(ما) تَماشا کَردیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) tamāshā meekoneem	We watch	(ما) تَماشا می‌کُنیم	Present Continuous Tense
(mā) tamreen kardeem	We practiced	(ما) تَمرین کَردیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) telephon kardeem	we called	(ما) تِلِفُن کَردیم	Compound Verbs
matt āghā	Mr. Matt	مَت آقا	The Concept of "ezāfé"
matt: āré, khaylee!	Yes, a lot!	مَت: آرِه، خِیلی!	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
matt: āré, khaylee mashghool boodam!	Yes, I've been busy!	مَت: آرِه، خِیلی مَشغول بودَم!	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: aval rafteem bārcelonā,	First, we went to Barcelona,	مَت: اَوَل رَفتیم بارسِلونا،	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: bā lādan raftam espāniyā.	I went with Ladan to Spain.	مَت: با لادَن رَفتَم اِسپانیا.	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: barāyé pezeshgee!	For medicine!	مَت: بَرایِ پِزِشکی!	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: chaghadr khoob!	How great!	مَت: چِقَدر خوب!	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: ghabool shodam.	I was accepted.	مَت: قَبول شُدَم.	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: khaylee khosh gozasht!	We had a lot of fun!	مَت: خِیلی خوش گُذَشت!	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: khaylee mamnoon.	Thank you.	مَت: خِیلی مَمنون.	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: khob, aval, barāyé dāneshgah taghāzā kardam.	Well, first, I applied for college.	مَت: خُب، اَوَل، بَرایِ دانِشگاه تَقاضا کَردَم.	A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
matt: khob, hālā man dar dāllās zendegee meekonam, barāyé eenké dāneshgāh dar dāllās-é.	Well, now I live in Dallas, because the university is in Dallas.	مَت: خُب، حالا مَن دَر دالاس زِندِگی می‌کُنَم، بَرایِ اینکِه دانِشگاه دَر دالاسِه.	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
matt: khob, khaylee khaylee sakht-é,	Well, it's very, very hard,	مَت: خُب، خِیلی خِیلی سَختِه،	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
matt: mā ham khaylee khoshhāl shodeem!	We are very happy too!	مَت: ما هَم خِیلی خوشحال شُدیم!	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
matt: man ō lādan khoshhāl-eem ké meebeeneemet.	Me and Ladan are happy to see you.	مَت: مَن و لادَن خوشحالیم کِه میبینیمِت.	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan

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