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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(mā) kardeem	We did	(ما) کَردیم	The Simple Past Tense, Compound Verbs
(mā) kār kardeem	We did work	(ما) کار کَردیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) kār meekoneem	we work	(ما) کار می‌کُنیم	How to Talk About Daily Routines
(mā) kār meekoneem	We work	(ما) کار می‌کُنیم	Present Continuous Tense
(mā) khasté boodeem	We were tired	(ما) خَستِه بودیم	The Simple Past Tense
(mā) khasté shodeem	We became tired	(ما) خَستِه شُدیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) khordeem	We ate	(ما) خوردیم	Review of Unit 3
(mā) khoshgel hasteem	We are pretty	(ما) خوشگِل هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
(mā) khoshhāl boodeem	We were happy	(ما) خوش‌حال بودیم	The Simple Past Tense
(mā) khoshhāl boodeem	We were happy	(ما) خوش‌حال بودیم	The Simple Past Tense
(mā) khoshhāl hasteem	We are happy	(ما) خوش‌حال هَستیم	The verb ‘To Be’
(mā) khoshhāl shodeem	We became happy	(ما) خوشحال شُدیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) kolāh dāreem	We have hats	(ما) کُلاه داریم	The verb ‘To Have’
(mā) kolāh nadāreem	We don’t have hats	(ما) کُلاه نَداریم	The verb ‘To Have’
makon	don't do	مَکُن	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
makon	don't do	مَکُن	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
māl	property	مال	The Concept of "ezāfé"
mālé	possession of	مالِ	The Concept of "ezāfé"
mālé ānhā	theirs	مالِ آنها	The Concept of "ezāfé"
mālé kee-yé?	Whose is this?	مالِ کیِه؟	The Concept of "ezāfé"

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