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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
khoob-é	He/she is well	خوبِه	The verb ‘To Be’
khoob-é?	is that okay?	خوبِه؟	A Separation, Part 1
khoob-ee	You are well	خوبی	The verb ‘To Be’
khoob-ee?	are you well? (informal)	خوبی؟	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
khoob-eem	We are well	خوبیم	The verb ‘To Be’
khoob-een	You are well	خوبین	The verb ‘To Be’
khoob-é, root meeshé vō eestee jelō man een harf-ō bezanee!	how good that you have the gall to stand here in front of me and say that thing!	خوبِه، روت می‌شِه وُ ایستی جِلُو مَن این حَرفُو بِزَنی!	A Separation, Part 5
khoob nabood	It was not good.	خوب نَبود.	The Simple Past Tense
khoob neestam	I’m not well	خوب نیستَم	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing, How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
khook	pig	خوک	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
khoon	blood		Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
khooné	house; home	خونِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
khooné	house	خونِه	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
khooné	house	خونِه	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
khooné takoonee	shaking of the house	خونِه تَکونی	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
khooneyé ānhā	their house	خونِهِ آنها	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
khooneyé eeshoon	his/her house (formal)	خونِهِ ایشون	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
khooneyé mā	our house	خونِهِ ما	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
khooneyé mā	our house	خونِهِ ما	The Concept of "ezāfé"
khooneyé man	my house	خونِهِ مَن	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession

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