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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| shodan | to become | شُدَن | Compound Verbs |
| shod een band-hārā sarāsar keleed | and became the key to all these locks/binds/mysteries | شُد این بَندها را سَراسَر کِلید | Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 5 |
| shod yekee deegar gozasht az noor dar | another one (of the moths) went and passed through the light (of the candle) | شُد یِکی دیگَر گُذَشت اَز نور دَر | Parable of the Moths, Part 2 |
| shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door | one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance | شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور | Parable of the Moths, Part 1 |
| shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door | one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance | شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور | |
| shohar | husband | شُوهَر | Families (Vocabulary Sprint), How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names |
| shomā | you (formal) | شُما | How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You, Review of Unit 2 |
| shomā agé faghat chahār sad masalan, hadé aghal | if at least, for example, just four hundred | شُما اَگِه فَقَط چَهار صَد مَثَلاً، حَدِّ اَقَل | A Separation, Part 4 |
| (shomā) ahlé koja hasteed? | where are you from? (formal) | (شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستید؟ | How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted |
| (shomā) ahlé koja hasteen? | where are you from? (formal) | (شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟ | How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted |
| shomā ahlé kojā hasteen? | where are you from? (formal) | شُما اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟ | How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You |
| (shomā) asabānee shodeen | You (all) became angry | (شُما) عَصَبانی شُدین | Compound Verbs |
| (shomā) āshpazee kardeen | you (formal) cooked | (شُما) آشپَزی کَردین | Compound Verbs |
| shomā az teksās hasteen? | are you from Texas? (formal) | شُما اَز تِکزاس هَستین؟ | How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions |
| shomā bāyad khāharé marjān bāsheed | you must be Marjan's sister | شُما بایَد خواهَرِ مَرجان باشید | Meeting New People |
| shomā bāyad yejooree beeyāyeen ké man bespāramash bé shomā beram saré kār | you have to be here somehow so that I can leave him with you and go to work | شُما بایَد یِجوری بیایین کِه مَن بِسپارَمَش بِه شُما بِرَم سَرِ کار | A Separation, Part 1 |
| (shomā) bāzi kardeen | you (formal) played | (شُما) بازی کَردین | Compound Verbs |
| shomā bedonyā oomadeen | you (formal) were born | شُما بِه دُنیا اومَدین | Babies |
| (shomā) beeyāreen | you bring (formal) | (شُما) بیارین | The Simple Subjunctive |
| (shomā) bendāzeen | that you throw (formal) | (شُما) بِندازین | Thanking a Shopowner |