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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
bāshé	okay	باشِه	A Separation, Part 1
bāshé	ok	باشِه	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
bāshé	(he/she) be	باشِه	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshé, bezār yād dāsht konam	okay, let me make a note	باشِه، بِذار یادداشت کُنَم	A Separation, Part 4
bāshee	(you informal) be	باشی	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheem	(we) be	باشیم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheen	(you formal) be	باشین	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
basketbāll	basketball		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bastam	I closed	بستم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
basté shodan	to become closed	بَستِه شُدَن	Compound Verbs
bāyad	must/should	بایَد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
bāyad	should, must	بایَد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bāyad	must	بایَد	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
bāyad chāi bekhoram	I have to drink tea	بایَد چای بِخورَم	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
bāyad khayli morāghebesh bāsheenā	you really have to take good care of him	بایَد خِیلی مُراقِبِش باشینا	A Separation, Part 4
bāyad māsheen dāshté bāsham	I have to have a car	بایَد ماشین داشتِه باشَم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāyad yavāsh yavāsh beram	I must start slowly leaving	بایَد یَواش یَواش بِرَم	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
bāz	again	باز	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
bāzār	bazaar	بازار	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
bāzeekon	players		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)

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