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zanam chāhār māh hāmelast my wife is four months pregnant زنم جهار ماه حامله‌ست Babies
zanam hāmelast my wife is pregnant زنم حامله‌ست Babies
zan: bāshé, espāghetti! meetooneem yek feelmé italiyayee ham kerāyé-bokoneem va hameen jā , too khooné negāh bokoneem! Ok, spaghetti! We can rent an Italian movie and watch it here at home. زن: باشه، اسپاگتی! می‌تونیم یک فیلم ایتالیایی هم کرایه بکنیم و همین‌جا، تو خونه نگاه کنیم. A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: benazaré tō emshab cheekār bokoneem? In your opinion, what should we do tonight? زن: به‌نظر تو امشب چه‌کاربکنیم. A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: doost dāree bereem cinemā? Would you like to go to the movies? زن: دوست داری بریم سینما؟ A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zané khod their thoughts ظَنِ خود beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
zan-é man my wife زنِ من The Concept of ‘Ezafé’
zan: gojé farangee dāreem, gooshté charkh kardé dāreem, va peeyāz dāreem. We have a tomato, ground beef, and onions. زن: گوجه فرنگی داریم، گوشت چرخ کرده داریم، و پیاز داریم. A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: man ghazāyé cheenee doost nadaram. ghazāyé itāleeyāyee beeshtar doost dāram. I don't like Chinese food. I like Italian food more. زن: من غذای چینی دوست ندارم. غذای ایتالیایی بیشتر دوست دارم. A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: masalan kojā? Like where? زن: مثلاً کجا؟ A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zānoo knee More About Pain and Illness, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
zānoom dard meekoné my hand/arm hurts زانوم درد می‌کنه. More About Pain and Illness
zan: sabr kon bebeenam. hmm, benazar meeyād too cinemā-hā filmé jālebee neest. Let me see. It seems there aren't good movies in the cinema. زن: صبر کن ببینم. همم، به‌نظرم میاد توی سینماها فیلم جالبی نیست. A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zarāfé giraffe زَرافِه Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
zarchoobé turmeric زرچوبه Persian Food
zard yellow زَرد How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
zardeeyé man az tō, sorkheeyé tō az man my yellowness to you, your redness to me زَردی مَن اَز تو، سُرخیِ تو اَز مَن Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
zarf shoowee kitchen sink ظَرف شوری House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zāyeedan to give birth زاییدن Babies
zāyemān giving birth زایمان Babies