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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
-eem	We are	یم	The verb ‘To Be’
eemān	hope		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
eemān hast	there is hope		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
eemān hast	there is hope		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
een	this	این	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
een	this	این	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
een	this	این	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
een	this	این	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
-een	You are	ین	The verb ‘To Be’
een-ā	these things	اینا	Giving Thanks
eenāhā!	so here you go!	ایناها!	A Separation, Part 5
een ast	this is	این اَست	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
een ché vazee-yé vāsé een baché dorost kardee ākhé?	what sort of situation have you created for this kid?	این چِه وَضعیِه واسِه این بَچِّه دُرُست کَردی آخِه؟	A Separation, Part 5
een dar bāz namooné beré beeroon gom shé	don't leave the door open for him to go outside and get lost	این دَر باز نَمونِه بِرِه بیرون گُم شِه	A Separation, Part 1
een ___-é man-é	this is my ___ (informal)	این __________ مَنِه	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
eenghadr	this much, so much	اینقَدر	Giving Thanks
een hafté, clinton sohbat kard	This week, Clinton spoke	این هَفتِه کلینتُن صُحبَت کَرد	Review of Unit 3
een harf-ā chee-yé?	what are you talking about? please!	این حَرفا چیِه؟	Giving Thanks
een harfā chee-yé?	what is this talk?	این حَرفا چیِه؟	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
een harf-ā chee-yé? hesābee hamé cheez-rā bé ham reekhteem. had aghal kāsh meezāshteen komaketoon koneem	What are you talking about? We really messed things up for you. If only you'd at least let us help you!	این حَرفا چیِه؟ حِسابی هَمِه چیز را بِه‌ هَم ریختیم. حَد‌اَقَل کاش می‌ذاشتین کُمَکِتون کُنیم	Giving Thanks

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