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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
magé meeshé	Is it possible?	مگه می‌شه.	Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
magé nazadeesh?	didn't you hit her?	مَگِه نَزَدیش؟	A Separation, Part 5
magé partesh nakardee too pelé?	didn't you throw her on the stairs?	مَگِه پَرتِش نَکَردی تو پِلِّه؟	A Separation, Part 5
maghāzé basté shod	the store closed	مَغازِه بَستِه شُد	Compound Verbs
māh	month	ماه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Review of Unit 2, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
māh	moon	ماه	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
mā hagheeghat rā dar bāghché paydā kardeem dar negahé sharmāgeen golee gomnām	we found truth in the garden in the embarrassed look of a nameless flower, and we found permanence in the endless moment when two suns stared at each other		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
(mā) hasteem	We are	(ما) هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
māhee	fish	ماهی	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
māh-ee	each month	ماهی	Habitual Actions
māheeché	muscles		Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
māheehā	fish	ماهی‌ها	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
māhee seesad, khānom	three hundred a month, miss	ماهی سیصَد، خانُم	A Separation, Part 1
māh-ee yek bar	once a month	ماهی یِک بار	Habitual Actions
māh-ee yek bār bé dāllās meeram.	Once a month I go to Dallas.	ماهی یِک بار بِه دالاس می‌رَم.	Habitual Actions
māhi	fish	ماهی‌	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
māh rokh	moon face	ماه رُخ	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
māh rokhee	a moon face	ماه رُخی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
(mā) irānee hasteem	We are Iranian	(ما) ایرانی هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
majnoon	crazy	مجنون	rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 3

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