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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
shod	became	شُد	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shod	to become stem	شُد	Compound Verbs
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 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)

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