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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
toonestan	to be able	تونستن	The Simple Subjunctive
too rāhé derāz	on the long path	تو راهِ دِراز	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
too rāhé derāz	on the long path	تو راهِ دِراز	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Intro
toowālet	bathroom (toilet room)	توالِت	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
tooyé	in	تویِ	Prepositions
(tō) raftee	You went	(تو) رفتی	The Simple Past Tense
(tō) shenā meekonee	You swim	(تو) شنا می‌کنی.	Present Continuous Tense
(tō) shodee	You became	(تو) شدی	Compound Verbs
(tō) sohbat kardee	You spoke (informal)	(تو) صحبت کردی	Review of Unit 3
(tō) sohbat meekonee	You speak (informal)	(تو) صحبت می‌کنی	Review of Unit 3
(tō) tamāshā kardee	You watched	(تو) تماشا کردی	Compound Verbs
(tō) tamāshā meekonee	You watch	(تو) تماشا می‌کنی	Present Continuous Tense
(tō) tamreen kardee	You practiced	(تو) تمرین کردی	Compound Verbs
(tō) telephon kardee	you (informal) called	(تو) تلفن کردی	Compound Verbs
va	and	و	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
va az ān shākheyé bāzeegar door az dast seeb rā cheedeyeem	and that we have plucked the apple from that playful, hard to reach branch		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
va baghā rā dar yek lahzé nāmahdood kê dō khorsheed bé ham kheeré shodand	and we found permanence in an endless moment when two suns stared at each other		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
va chenān beetābam	and I'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
va chenān beetābam	and i'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
vāghan deegé yavāsh yavāsh pāsheem	Really let's start going.	واقعا دیگه یواش یواش پاشیم.	The Etiquette of Being Hosted

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