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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
shod he/she/it became شُد payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
shod to become stem شُد Compound Verbs
shod became شُد beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
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 agé faghat chahār sad masalan, hadé aghal if at least, for example, just four hundred شُما اَگِه فَقَط چَهار صَد مَثَلاً، حَدِّ اَقَل A Separation, Part 4
(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
(shomā) āshpazee kardeen you (formal) cooked (شُما) آشپَزی کَردین Compound Verbs
shomā az teksās hasteen? Are you from Texas? (formal) شُما اَز تِکزاس هَستین؟ How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
shomā bāyad yejooree beeyāyeen ké man bespāramash bé shomā beram saré kār you have to be here somehow so that I can leave him with you and go to work شُما بایَد یِجوری بیایین کِه مَن بِسپارَمَش بِه شُما بِرَم سَرِ کار A Separation, Part 1
(shomā) bāzi kardeen you (formal) played (شُما) بازی کَردین Compound Verbs
shomā bedonyā oomadeen you (formal) were born شما به‌دنیاین Babies
(shomā) beeyāreen you bring (formal) (شُما) بیارین The Simple Subjunctive
(shomā) boodeen You were (شُما) بودین The Simple Past Tense
(shomā) chāi meekhāin? Do you want tea? (formal) (شُما) چای می‌خواین؟ How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)