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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ké rooyé zameen oftādé	that fell on the ground	کِه رویِ زَمین اُفتادِه	Getting Attention
ké sahar gāhān favāreyé koochak meekhānad	that a small fountain sings		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
keshesh	drawing, hauling, traction	کِشِش	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 6
kesht	he/she/it planted	کِشت	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
keshtee	boat	کِشتی	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
ketābam	my book	کِتابَم	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
ketābam	my book	کِتابَم	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketābat	your book	کِتابَت	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
ketābat	your book, your books	کِتابَت	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
ketābé khoob	good book	کِتابِ خوب	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketābemoon	our book	کِتابِمون	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketābesh	his or her book	کِتابِش	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketābeshoon	their book	کِتابِشون	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketābet	your book (informal)	کِتابِت	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketabé tō	your book	کِتابِ تو	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketābetoon	your book (plural or formal)	کِتابِتون	The Concept of "ezāfé"
ketāb-hā rā behesh bedeen shāyad bedardash khord	give him these books so they may be useful to him	کِتاب‌ها را بِهِش بِدین شایَد بِدَردَش خورد	A Separation, Part 1
ketāb-ō bezār pāyeen	put the book down (informal)	کِتابُو بِذار پایین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
ketāb-ō bezār roo meez	put the book on the table	کِتابُو بِذار رو میز	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
ketāb roo meez-é.	The book is on the table.	کِتاب رو میزِه.	Prepositions

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