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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
een morgh koocheek-é.	This chicken is small.	این مُرغ کوچیکِه.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
een morgh koocheektar-é.	This chicken is smaller.	این مُرغ کوچیکِ‌تَره.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
een morgh sefeed-é.	This chicken is white.	این مُرغ سِفیدِه	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
een-ō meekhāy bezāree	you want to blame this	اینُو می‌خوای بِذاری	A Separation, Part 5
eeshoon ___-é man-and.	This is my ___. (formal)	ایشون __________ مَن‌اَند.	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
eestgāh	station/bus stop	ایستگاه	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
eetāleeā	Italy	ایتالیا	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
eetāleeyāyee	Italian	ایتالیایی	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
ehsāsāt	emotions	اِحساسات	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
ehsāsātee	emotional	اِحساساتی	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
ehterām	respect	احترام	Respect in the Persian Culture
ehterām barāyé bozorgtar	respect to elders	احترام برای بزرگ‌تر.	Respect in the Persian Culture
ehterām barāyé khānevādé	respect to family	احترام برای خانواده	Respect in the Persian Culture
emrooz	today	اِمروز	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
emrooz beest ō hashtomé jānviyé hast.	Today is the twenty-eighth of January.	اِمروز بیست و هَشتُمِ ژانویِه هَست.	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
emrooz chahāromé zhu’iyé hast.	Today is the fourth of July.	اِمروز چَهارُمِ ژوئیِه هَست.	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
emrooz ché roozee-yé?	What day is today?	اِمروز چِه روزیِه؟	Review of Unit 2
emrooz dovomé jānviyé hast.	Today is the second of January.	اِمروز دُوٌُمِ ژانویِه هَست.	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
emrooz kār kardam	I worked today	اِمروز کار کَردَم	Compound Verbs
emrooz kesee hastesh. shomā mohabat kon faghat az fardā beeyā. yé kārté shenāsāyee bā khodetoon beeyār.	Someone’s already there today. Do me a favor and come starting tomorrow. Bring an identity card.	اِمروز کِسی هَستِش. شُما مُحَبَّت کُن فَقَط اَز فَردا بیا. یِه کارتِ شِناسایی با خودِتون بیار.	A Separation, Part 4

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