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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
sheeshom	6th	شیشُم	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sheeshsad	600	شیشصَد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shehr	poem	شعر	Transition to Persian Poetry
shekāyat	complaint	شِکایَت	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
shekāyat meekonad	it complains	شِکایَت می‌کُند	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
shenā kardan	to swim	شِنا کَردَن	Present Continuous Tense
shenā kon	swim	شِنا کُن	Present Continuous Tense
shō	(you informal) become!	شو	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
shō	night	شو	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
shod	to become stem	شُد	Compound Verbs
shod	became	شُد	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shod	he/she/it became	شُد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
shodam	I became	شُدَم	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shodan	to become	شُدَن	Compound Verbs
shohar	husband	شُوهَر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint), How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
shomā	you (formal)	شُما	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You, Review of Unit 2
(shomā) ahlé koja hasteed?	where are you from? (formal)	(شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستید؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
(shomā) ahlé koja hasteen?	where are you from? (formal)	(شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
shomā ahlé kojā hasteen?	Where are you from? (formal)	شُما اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
(shomā) asabānee shodeen	You (all) became angry	(شُما) عَصَبانی شُدین	Compound Verbs

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