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Persian (phonetic)	English	Appears In
vakht	time	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vālā	truthfully	Review of Unit 2
vali	but	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions, The Simple Past Tense
vali oon morghé zard ghashangtar-é	But that yellow chicken is nicer looking	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
va man sā’até hasht sobhāné meekohram	and I eat breakfast at 8	How to Talk About Daily Routines
vān	bath	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
va natarseedeem	and we were not afraid	Forough Farrokhzad - Fathé Bagh, Part 2
varzesh	exercise	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé goroohee	team sports	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé tak nafaré	individual sport	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
va sameemeeyaté tanhāmān dar tarāree	and the intimacy of our bodies in playfulness	Forough Farrokhzad - Fathé Bagh, Part 4
va sameemeeyaté tan hāman, dar tarāree va derakhsheedané oryāneemān meslé falsé māheehā dar āb sokhan az zendegeeyé noghreyeeyé	and the intimacy of our bodies, and the glow of our nakedness, like fish scales in the water. I am talking about the silvery life of a song which a small fountain sings at dawn	Forough Farrokhzad - Fathe Bagh, Part 1
vasaté hafté	middle of the week	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasaté hafté kār meekonam	In the middle of the week, I work	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines
vasaté shahr	center of town	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
va sedāyash hamchon neyzeyé kootāhee, pahnāyé ofogh rā paymood khabaré mā rā bā khod khāhad bord bé shahr	and the sound of which traversed the breadth of the horizon like a short spear will carry the news of us to the city	Forough Farrokhzad - Fathe Bagh, Part 1
vaseeleyé naghleeyé	transportation	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
va shanbé raftam pārk	and Saturday I went to the park	The Simple Past Tense
va shomā?	and you? (formal)	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
vasl	joining	Rumi - Beshnō een nay, Part 3

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