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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
vali oon morghé zard ghashangtar-é.	But that yellow chicken is nicer-looking.	وَلی اون مُرغِ زَرد قَشَنگ‌تَرِه.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
va (man) sā’até hasht sobhāné meekohram	and I eat breakfast at 8	وَ (مَن) ساعَتِ هَشت صُبحانِه می‌خورَم	How to Talk About Daily Routines
vān	bathtub	وان	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
va natarseedeem	and we were not afraid	و نترسیدیم	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
v'andar	and into	و اَندر	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
vāngah	and then	وآنگه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
vār	like	وار	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
varzesh	exercise		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé goroohee	team sports		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé tak nafaré	individual sport		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
va sameemeeyaté tanhāmān dar tarāree	and the intimacy of our bodies in playfulness	و صمیمیت تن‌هامان در .......	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
va sameemeeyaté tan hāman, dar tarāree va derakhsheedané oryāneemān meslé falsé māheehā dar āb sokhan az zendegeeyé noghreyeeyé	and the intimacy of our bodies, and the glow of our nakedness, like fish scales in the water. I am talking about the silvery life of a song which a small fountain sings at dawn		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vasaté hafté	middle of the week	وَسَطِ هَفتِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasaté hafté kār meekonam	I work in the middle of the week	وَسَطِ هَفتِه کار می‌کُنَم	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines
vasaté shahr	center of town	وَسَطِ شَهر	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
va sedāyash hamchon neyzeyé kootāhee, pahnāyé ofogh rā paymood khabaré mā rā bā khod khāhad bord bé shahr	and the sound of which traversed the breadth of the horizon like a short spear will carry the news of us to the city		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vaseeleyé naghleeyé	transportation	وَسیلِه نَقلیِه	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
va shanbé raftam pārk	and Saturday I went to the park	وَ شَنبِه رَفتَم پارک	The Simple Past Tense
va shomā?	and you? (formal)	وَ شُما؟	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
vasl	joining	وَصلِ	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3

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