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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
magar sāyéyee yāftee zé āftāb	unless he found some shade from the sun	مَگَر سایِه‌یی یافتی زِ آفتاب	Shahnameh, Part 2
magé bachash namordé?	didn't her child die?	مَگِه بَچِّه‌اَش نَمُردِه؟	A Separation, Part 5
magé ghablesh cheghadr harf meezad?	how much was he talking before?	مَگِه قَبلِش چِقَدر حَرف می‌زَد؟	A Separation, Part 5
magé man bā'esé badbakhteeshoon-am?	am I responsible for them being in a bad situation?	مَگِه مَن باعِثِ بَدبَختی‌شون‌اَم؟	A Separation, Part 5
magé man khar-am	literally, 'what, am I a donkey?' meaning 'what, am I an idiot?'	مَگه مَن خَرَم	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
magé meeshé?	is it possible?	مَگِه می‌شِه؟	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
maghāzedār	shopowner	مَغازِه‌دار	Thanking a Shopowner
maghāzé neestam	I'm not at the store	مَغازِه نیستَم	Thanking a Shopowner
maghsad	aim, destination, goal	مَقصَد	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
maghsad	destination	مَقصَد	Meeting New People
māh	moon	ماه	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
māh	month	ماه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Review of Unit 2, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
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	ماهیچِه	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)

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