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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
chand tā māsheen dāree? How many cars do you have? (informal) چَندتا ماشین داری؟ The verb ‘To Have’
chand tā māsheen dāreen? How many cars do you have? (formal) چَندتا ماشین دارین؟ The verb ‘To Have’
changāl fork چَنگال Persian Food, Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
charkh bike چَرخ
charkh ō falak ferris wheel چَرخ و فَلَک sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
chārshambé Wednesday چِهار شَنبِه Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
chashm literally: 'eye' meaning: ok چَشم Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
chashm eye چَشم barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
chāyee tea چای Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
ché whether چِه aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
ché that چه dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ché bayad kard what must we do? چه باید کرد fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
ché bāzee namood, ay pesaré goosh-dār! o attentive boy, how much it played! چِه بازی نَمود اِی پِسَرِ گوش دار Shahnameh, Part 1
chee what چي How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
chee? what? چی؟ sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
chee? what? چی؟ A Separation, Part 4
chee doost dāree? what do (would) you like? چی دوست داری؟ How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
chee fekr kardee? What did you think? چی فِکر کَردی؟ Compound Verbs
cheekār meekonee? What are you doing? (informal) چِه‌کار می‌کُنی؟ Present Continuous Tense
cheen China چین How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
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