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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
eslāh meekonam	I shave	اِصلاح می‌کُنَم	More about Daily Routines
eslām	Islam	اِسلام	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
esmam leylā-st	my name is Leyla (name ending with vowel)	اِسمَم لِیلاست	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
esmam matt-é	my name is Matt (name ending with consonant)	اِسمَم مَتِّه	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
esmāshoon sārā va dārā hast	their names are Sara and Dara	اِسماشون سارا وَ دارا هَست	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
esmé man ____ hast	my name is ____	اِسمِ مَن ــــــــ هَست	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
esmesh ___-é	his/her name is ___ (informal)	اِسمِش _________-ه	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
esmesh ____ hast	its name is ____	اِسمِش ــــــــــــ هَست	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
esmé shomā chee-yé?	what is your name? (formal)	اِسمِ شُما چیِه؟	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
esmeshoon ___-é	his/her name is ____ (formal)	اِسمِشون _________-ه	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
esmé tō chee-yé?	what is your name? (informal)	اِسمِ تُو چیِه؟	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
esmetoon?	your name? what's your name?	اِسمِتون؟	Meeting New People
espāniā	Spain	اِسپانیا	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
espānyāyee	Spanish	اِسپانیایی	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
estakhr	pool	اِستَخر	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession , House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
ezdevāj	marriage	اِزدِواج	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
ezdevāj kardam	I got married	اِزدِواج کَردَم	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
ezdevāj kardan	to get married	اِزدِواج کَردَن	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
faghat chon tanhā-yeen bā ham deegé kesé deegéyee too khooné neest	it's just that since you're alone together and no one else is at home	فَقَط چون تَنهایین با هَمدیگِه، کِسِ دیگِه‌ای تو خونِه نیست	A Separation, Part 4
faghat, jesāratan, een kāree ké meefarmāyeed bā seesad yé khoordé kam neest?	it's just that, if I may, for this work that you mention, isn't 300,000 toman a little too little?	فَقَط، جِسارَتاً، این کاری کِه می‌فَرمایید با سیصَد یِه خوردِه کَم نیست؟	A Separation, Part 4

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