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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
va gar rasmé fanā khāhee	if you want the tradition of nonexistence	وَ گَر رَسمِ فَنا خواهی	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
vāgh'an deegé yavāsh yavāsh pā sheem	really, let's start going	واقعاً دیگِه یَواش یَواش پا شیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
vāgh'an eftekhār dādeen	thank you so much	واقعاً اِفتِخار دادین	Tārof at a Gallery
vāgh'an zahmat kesheedeen	thanks so much for everything	واقعاً زَحمَت کِشیدین	Giving Thanks
vāgh'an zahmat kesheedeen. deegé bāyad raf'é zahmat koneem	Thanks so much for everything. We should get going.	واقعاً زَحمَت کِشیدین. دیگِه بایَد رَفعِ زَحمَت کُنیم	Giving Thanks
vāghef	aware, informed	واقِف	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4
vāghef nay-ee	you aren't informed, you are not privy	واقِف نِه‌ای	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4
vakeel	lawyer	وَکیل	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
vakht	time	وَقت	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vālā	truthfully	والا	Review of Unit 2
valee	but	وَلی	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions, The Simple Past Tense
valeekan hamé mooy boodash sepeed	but all of his hair was white	وَلیکَن هَمِه موی بودَش سِپید	Shahnameh, Part 1
vali khoob peesh meeré.	but it's going well.	وَلی خوب پیش می‌رِه.	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
vali oon morghé zard ghashangtar-é.	But that yellow chicken is nicer-looking.	وَلی اون مُرغِ زَرد قَشَنگ‌تَرِه.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
va (man) sā’até hasht sobhāné meekohram	and I eat breakfast at 8	وَ (مَن) ساعَتِ هَشت صُبحانِه می‌خورَم	How to Talk About Daily Routines
vān	bathtub	وان	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
va natarseedeem	and we were not afraid	و نترسیدیم	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
v'andar	and into	و اَندر	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
vāngah	and then	وآنگه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
vār	like	وار	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2

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