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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
(shomā) sohbat kardeen	You spoke (formal)	(شُما) صُحبَت کَردین	Review of Unit 3
(shomā) sohbat meekoneen	You speak (formal)	(شُما) صُحبَت می‌کُنین	Review of Unit 3
shomā tā hasht khoodetoon-ō beresooneed ham khoob-é	it's okay even if you come by eight	شُما تا هَشت خودِتونو بِرِسونید هَم خوبِه	A Separation, Part 1
(shomā) tamāshā kardeen	You (all) watched	(شُما) تَماشا کَردین	Compound Verbs
(shomā) tamāshā meekoneen	You (all) watch	(شُما) تَماشا می‌کُنین	Present Continuous Tense
(shomā) tamreen kardeen	You (all) practiced	(شُما) تَمرین کَردین	Compound Verbs
(shomā) telephon kardeen	you (formal) called	(شُما) تِلِفُن کَردین	Compound Verbs
shoo	wash	شو	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
shoo	wash	شو	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
shoonam dard meekoné	my shoulder hurts	شونِه‌اَم دَرد می‌کُنِه	More About Pain and Illness
shooné	shoulders	شونِه	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, More About Pain and Illness
shooné	shoulder	شونِه	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
shooné dard dāram	I have a shoulder ache	شونِه دَرد دارَم	More About Pain and Illness
shooné-hā	shoulders	شونِه‌ها	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
shoonzdah	16	شونزدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shooreedé	agitated, crazed, desperately in love, distraught, disturbed, driven to madness, enamored, frenzied, madly in love	شوریدِه	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
shoroo kardan	to start	شُروع کَردَن	Tārof at a Gallery
shoroo shodan	to start	شُروع شُدَن	Tārof at a Gallery
sobh	morning	صُبح	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
sobhāné	breakfast	صُبهانِه	How to Discuss Breakfast, Food (Vocabulary Sprint)

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