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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
agar zé bādé mastee	if you are drunk off wine	اَگر زِ بادِه مَستی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
āghā	Mr.	آقا	The Concept of ‘Ezafé’
āghā bourneuf	Mr. Bourneuf	آقایِ برنف	The Concept of ‘Ezafé’
aghd	wedding ceremony	عقد	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
āghebaté kāré jahān	the conclusion of the work of the world	عاقِبَتِ کار جَهان	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
ahvāl porsee	Asking how people are donig.	احوال‌پرسی	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
aidee	gift	عیدی	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
aidé shomā mobārak	Happy New Year	عید شُما مُبارَک	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
akharé hafté	weekend	آخرهفته	How to Talk About Daily Routines
ākharé hafté	weekend	آخَرِ هَفتِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
ākharé hafté cheekār kardee?	What did you do during the weekend? (informal)	آخرهفته چه‌کارکردی؟	The Simple Past Tense, Present Continuous Tense
ākharé hafté cheekār kardee?	What did you do over the weekend? (informal)	آخرهفته چه‌کار کردی	Compound Verbs
ākharé hafté cheekār kardeen?	What did you do during the weekend? (formal)	آخرهفته چه‌کارکردین؟	The Simple Past Tense, Compound Verbs
ākharé hafté cheekār meekonee?	What are you doing over the weekend?	آخرهفته چه‌کار می‌کنی.	Present Continuous Tense
alaf	grass	علف	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
albaté	Of course.	البته	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
ālee	great	عالی	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
āllmān	Germany	آلمان	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
āllmānee	German	آلمانی	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
almās	diamond	الماس	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings

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