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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
lotfan besheen	please sit (informal)	لُطفاً بِشین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
lotfan besheeneen	please sit (formal)	لُطفاً بِشینین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
lotfan bokhor!	Please eat! (informal)	لُطفاً بُخور	Review of Unit 3
lotfan bokhoreen!	Please eat! (formal)	لُطفاً بُخورین	Review of Unit 3
lotfan emshab bā lādan va kimiyā befarmā manzelé mā	please come to our house with Ladan and Kimiya tonight	لُطفاً اِمشَب با لادَن وَ کیمیا بِفَرما مَنزِلِ ما	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
lotfan ketāb-ō bezāreen pāyeen	please put the book down (formal)	لُطفاً کِتابُو بِذارین پایین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
lotfan ketāb-ō bezāreen roo meez	please put the book on the table (formal)	لُطفاً کِتابُو بِذارین رو میز	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
lotfan oonjā nasheeneen	please don’t sit there (formal)	لُطفاً اونجا نَشینین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
lotfan yavāshtar sohbat kon	please speak more slowly (informal)	لُطفاً یَواش‌تَر صُحبَت کُن	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
lotfan yavāshtar sohbat koneen	please speak more slowly (formal)	لُطفاً یَواش‌تَر صُحبَت کُنین	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
lotf dāreen	you are too kind	لُطف دارین	Respect in the Persian Culture
lotf meekoneed. man fardā meeyārameshoon	You're too kind. I'll bring them tomorrow.	لُطف می‌کُنید. مَن فَردا می‌آرَمِشون	Thanking a Shopowner
mā	we	ما	Review of Unit 2
(mā) asabānee shodeem	We became angry	(ما) عَصَبانی شُدیم	Compound Verbs
(mā) āshpazee kardeem	we cooked	(ما) آشپَزی کَردیم	Compound Verbs
mabādā	be careful! beware! don't! lest, so that…not	مَبادا	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
mabādā tā zeeyam joz eshgh kāree	God forbid that I undertake any work save that of love’s	مَبادا تا زیَم جُز عِشق کاری	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
(mā) bāzi kardeem	we played	(ما) بازی کَردیم	Compound Verbs
mā bé donyā oomadeem	we were born	ما بِه دُنیا اومَدیم	Babies
(mā) beeyāreem	we bring	(ما) بیاریم	The Simple Subjunctive

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