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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
een khoonéyé mādaré man-é	this is my mother’s house	این خونِهٔ مادَرِ مَنِه	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
een khoonéyé man-é	this is my house	این خونِهٔ مَنِه	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
een khoonéyé mā-st	this is our house	این خونِهٔ ماست	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
een khoonéyé oo-st	this is his/her house	این خونِهٔ اوست	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
een khoonéyé pedaré tō-st	this is your father’s house	این خونِهٔ پدَرِ توست	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
een khoonéyé shomā-st	this is your house (formal)	این خونِهٔ شُماست	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
een khoonéyé tō-st	this is your house (informal)	این خونِهٔ توست	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
een koocheektareen morgh-é.	This is the smallest chicken.	این کوچیک‌تَرین مُرغِه.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
een morghé seeyāh ghashangé.	This black chicken is nice-looking.	این مُرغِ سیاه قَشَنگِه	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
een morghé sorkh kond-é, vali oon morghé zard kondtar-é.	This red chicken is slow, but that yellow chicken is slower.	این مُرغِ سُرخ کُندِه، وَلی اون مُرغِ زَرد کُند‌تَرِه.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
een morgh-hā seeyāh-an.	These chickens are black.	این مُرغ‌ها سیاهَن	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
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
een taraf	this side, this way	این طَرَف	Tārof at a Gallery
eerānee hastam	I am Iranian	ایرانی هَستَم	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
eeshoon ___-é man-and	this is my ___ (formal)	ایشون __________ مَن‌اَند	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
eestādam	I am stopped	ایستادَم	Meeting on the Street
eestādan	to stop, stand up	ایستادَن	Meeting on the Street

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