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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
doosté sameemee	intimate friend	دوست صمیمی	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
doost pesar	boyfriend	دوست پسر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
dō pesar	two sons	دُو پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
dorāné ālam	cycles of the world, revolutions, the world's cycles	دُورانِ عالَم	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
dorood!	hi! greetings!	دُرود	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
doroshké	stroller	دُرُشکِه	Babies
dorost kard	he/she made	دُرُست کَرد	Compound Verbs
dorost kardan	to make	دُرُست کَردَن	Compound Verbs
dorost meegam?	am I correct?	دُرُست می‌گَم؟	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
doshambé	Monday	دوشَنبه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
doshanbé	Monday	دُوشَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
doshanbé shab-hā footbāll tamāshā meekonam	On Monday nights, I watch football	دوشَنبِه شَب‌ها فوتبال تَماشا می‌کُنَم	Present Continuous Tense
doshanbé tā jom’é	Monday to Friday	دوشَنبِه تا جُمعِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines
dovom	2nd	دُوٌُم	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
dovomé zhānveeyé	second of January	دُوٌُمِ ژانویِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
edaréyé post	post office	اِدارِهٔ پُست	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
-ee	You are	يي	The verb ‘To Be’
-eem	We are	یم	The verb ‘To Be’
eemān	hope		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
eemān hast	there is hope		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2

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