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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
varzesh exercise وَرزِش Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé goroohee team sports وَرزِشِ گُروهی Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé tak nafaré individual sport وَرزِشِ تَک نَفَرِه Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
va sameemeeyaté tanhāmān dar tarāree and the intimacy of our bodies in playfulness و صمیمیت تن‌هامان در ....... fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
va sameemeeyaté tan hāman, dar tarāree va derakhsheedané oryāneemān meslé falsé māheehā dar āb sokhan az zendegeeyé noghreyeeyé and the intimacy of our bodies, and the glow of our nakedness, like fish scales in the water. I am talking about the silvery life of a song which a small fountain sings at dawn fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vasaté hafté middle of the week وَسَطِ هَفتِه How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasaté hafté kār meekonam I work in the middle of the week وَسَطِ هَفتِه کار می‌کُنَم How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines
vasaté shahr center of town وَسَطِ شَهر How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
va sedāyash hamchon neyzeyé kootāhee, pahnāyé ofogh rā paymood khabaré mā rā bā khod khāhad bord bé shahr and the sound of which traversed the breadth of the horizon like a short spear will carry the news of us to the city fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vaseeleyé naghleeyé transportation وَسیلِه نَقلیِه Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard (and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد Parable of the Moths, Part 1
vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard (and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد
va shanbé raftam pārk and Saturday I went to the park وَ شَنبِه رَفتَم پارک The Simple Past Tense
vasl joining وَصلِ beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
vāterpolo water polo واتِر پُولُو Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
va z'ān pas chō jonbandé āmad padeed then, when the moving (roaming) creatures appeared وَ زان پَس چُو جُنبَندِه آمَد پَدید Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
va z'ān pas zé ārām sardee namood then the fire calmed, and so coldness appeared وَ زان پَس زِ آرام سَردی نَمود Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
va z'ān zendegee kām jooyad hamee these are the pleasures/aspirations they seek from that life (they’ve been granted) وَ زان زِندِگی کام جویَد هَمی Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
vazé haml birth/labor وَضعِ حَمل Babies
v'een and this وین yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2