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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
shoonam dard meekoné	my shoulder hurts	شونم درد می‌کنه.	More About Pain and Illness
shooné	shoulder	شانه	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
shooné	shoulders	شونه	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, More About Pain and Illness
shooné dard dāram	I have a shoulder ache	شونه درد دارم.	More About Pain and Illness
shooné-hā	shoulders	شونه‌ها	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
shoonzdah	16	شونزدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sobh	morning	صبح	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
sobhāné	breakfast	صُبهانِه	How to Discuss Breakfast, Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
sobhāné khordan	to eat breakfast	صُبحانِه خوردَن	How to Talk About Daily Routines
sobhāné meekhoram	I eat breakfast	صُبحانِه می‌خورَم	Present Continuous Tense
sobh bekhayr	good morning	صُبح بِخِیر	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
sobh-hā	every morning	صُبح‌ها	Present Continuous Tense
sobh-hā sobhāné meekhoram	Every morning, I eat breakfast	صُبح‌‌ها صُبحانِه می‌خورَم	Present Continuous Tense
sobhooné	breakfast	صُبحونِه	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
so-edee	Swedish	سوئدی	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
sofreyé aghd	reception table	سفره عقد	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
sofreyé haft seen	haft-seen table	سُفرِه هَفت‌ سین	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
softbāll	softball		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
sohbat bokon!	Speak! (informal)	صُحبَت بُکُن!	Review of Unit 3
sohbat bokonam?	Shall I speak?	صُحبَت بُکُنَم؟	Review of Unit 3

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