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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
yavāshtar, lotfan	slower, please	یَواش‌تَر لُطفاً	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
yavāsh yavāsh pā sheem	slowly slowly start going	یَواش یَواش پا شیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
yāzdah	11	یازدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
yé	a (one)	یِه	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé āsemoon bebāré	will rain down a sky full of tears	یِه آسِمون بِبارِه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
yé chand modat hast	it's been a while, for a while	یِه چَند مُدَّت هَست	Meeting Up with Friends
yé chand modat hast mashghoolé kār shodam	I've been busy with work for a while	یِه چَند مُدَّت هَست مَشغولِ کار شُدَم	Meeting Up with Friends
yé dagheeghé khodet-ō bezār jāyé een badbakht-ā!	put yourself in the shoes of these poor people!	یِه دَقیقِه خودِتًو بِذار جایِ این بَدبَختا!	A Separation, Part 5
yek	1	یِک	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek	a	یک	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
yek	one	یِک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
yé kalamé deegé harf nemeezané!	he can't even say one word anymore!	یِه کَلَمِه دیگِه حَرف نِمی‌زَنِه!	A Separation, Part 5
yek barādar	one brother	یِک بَرادَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek daftar	a notebook	یک دفتر	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
yek dokhtar	one daughter	یِک دُختَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yekee āteshee bar shodé tābnāk	a fire rises, glowing	یِکی آتِشی بَرشُدِه تابناک	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
yekee āzemāyesh kon az roozegār!	try it out one of (these) days!	یِکی آزِمایِش کُن اَز روزِگار	Shahnameh, Part 4
yekee khel'atee sākht shāhé zameen	the shah of the land made a certain robe of honor	یِکی خِلعَتی ساخت شاهِ زَمین	Shahnameh, Part 5
yekee markazee teeré bood ō seeyāh	it was at the center, dark and black	یِکی مَرکَزی تیرِه بود و سیاه	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
yekee pāk poor āmad az māhrooy	a certain pure son came from the moon-faced one	یِکی پاک پور آمَد اَز ماهروی	Shahnameh, Part 1

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