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Chapter 5 (Eng --> Persian) Flashcards

1
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full

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پُر

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April 3rd, the thirteenth day of spring. All Iranians must go outside or they believe bad luck will befall them. Then they throw their wheat sprouts in the running water.

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سیزده به در

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blossoms

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شُکُفه

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distance

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فاصله

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Nishabour (where Omar Khayyam was from)

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نیشابور

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picture, photograph

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عکس

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was taken (ex. a photograph)

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گرفته شدن

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after (ex. one week after Sizdabehzar = یگ هفته پس از سیزده به در)

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پس از

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before

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پیش از

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after

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بعد از

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before

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قبل از

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after

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پس از

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until

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تا

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over

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از روی

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in addition

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علاوه براین

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new

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نُو

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first

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اولین

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last

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آخرین

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interesting

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جالب

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Noruz (Iranian new year, March 21st)

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نوروز

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Farvardin (first month of the Iranian year)

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فروردین

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Haft-Sin (the Noruz table setting)

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سُفره هفت سین

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last Tuesday night of the year in the Iranian calendar

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چهار شنبه سوری

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table cloth

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سُفره

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celebration, festival

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جَشن

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fire

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آتَش

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game

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بازی

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fireworks

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آتَش بازی

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coin

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سِکِه

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sumac

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سُماق

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vinegar

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سِرکه

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clothes

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لِباس

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party

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مِهمانی

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spouse

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هَمسَر

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thing

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چیز

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rights, salary, law (the subject)

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حقوق

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37
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art

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هُنَر

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painting

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نَقاشی

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countryside, nature

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طبیعت

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outside, abroad

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خارج

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inside

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داخل

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42
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number

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(عَدَد (اعداد

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43
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letter

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(حرف (حروف

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word

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(وَاژِه (واژگان

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word

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(کَلَمِه (کلمات

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word

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(لغت (لغات

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47
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phrase

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(عِبارت (عبارات

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sentence

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(جُملِه (جملات

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paragraph

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پاراگِراف

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article, essay

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(مَقالِه (مقالات

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hour, o’clock, watch

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(ساعت (ساعات

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minute

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(دقیقه (دقایق

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second

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ثانیه

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54
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quarter

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رُبع

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55
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what?

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چِه؟

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56
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who?

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کِی؟

57
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who? also “whose?” ex. این کتاب کی است؟ = whose book is this?

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چِه کَسی؟

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when?

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کَی؟

59
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which?

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کُدام؟

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why? *comes at beginning of sentence ex. why are you studying Persian? = چرا فارسی می خوانی؟

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چِرا؟

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how many?

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چَند؟

62
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how much?

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چِقدَر؟

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to begin (intransitive)

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(-شُروع شُدَن (شو

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to begin (transitive)

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شُروع کردن

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can also act as a gerund/masdar (e.g. “studying, to study”) e.g. من خواندن فارسی را پارسال شروع کردم I started studying/to study Persian last year.

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infinitive: how can you use it?

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about

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در مورد

67
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about

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در بارهٔ

68
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about

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راجع به

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each other e.g. همدگر را دوست دریم = we love each other

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(همدگر (را

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Jesus

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عیسی

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Messiah/Christ

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مَسیح

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Christmas

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کِریسمَس

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to celebrate

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جشن کردن

74
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  • word order is same as narrative sentences - yes/no questions either just change tone or the question word is added to beginning of the sentence - when asking a wh- question, the question word replaces the omitted word you’re asking about - indirect questions = ex. I don’t know if he is here = نمی دانم او اینجاست یا نه ex. I don’t know what is name is = نمی دانم اسم او چیست
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جمله پرسشی = Question words - give rules

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whom? ex. چه کسی را دوست داری؟ = whom do you like?

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چه کسی را؟

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what (thing)? چه چیزی را دوست داری؟ = what do you like?

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چه چیزی را؟

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  • express feelings and emotions start with چه (how/what) and end with exclamation mark ex. how interesting! = !چه جالب - if followed by a noun, noun appears in indefinite ex. what (great) weather! = !چه هوایی - or use the formula: چه + اسم + صفت + ی - you can also use چقدر + صفت \ قید ex. how beautiful you’ve become! = !چقدر خوشگل شدی
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جمله تعجبی = exclamatory sentences - give rules

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artist

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هنرمند

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actor

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هنرپیشه

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suffix for “profession”

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پیشه-

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to introduce

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معرفی کردن

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to keep, to hold

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(-نِگَه داشتن (دار

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diverse, various

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متنوع

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  • cardinal is used before the noun - ordinal ending in م- goes AFTER the noun - ordinal ending in مین- goes BEFORE a noun, and is more emphatic irregular cardinal/ordinal: یگ ، اول ، اولین BUT NOTE that when doing 21, 31, 41, etc, the “1” becomes regular: بیست و یک ، بیست و یکُم ، بیست و یکمین
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numbers: give the rules

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to be born (lit. to come into the world)

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(-بدنیا آمدن (آ

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either … or

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یا … یا

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to pass away (lit. to leave the world)

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(-از دنیا رفتن (رو

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  1. it is … o’clock: ساعت …. است – no ezafe 2. adverbial expressions of time take ezafe: … ساعتِ in adverbial expressions of time ساعتِ is often omitted altogether 3. چه ساعتی (کلاس دارید) ؟ ساعت چند (کلاس دارید) ؟ 4. و نیم \ و سی دقیقه 5. و ربع \ و چهل و پنج دقیقه 6. یک ربع به 7. دقیقه به X
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telling the time: give rules 1. regular 2. adverbial 3. asking “at what time…?” 4. half past 5. a quarter after 6. a quarter to 7. X minutes to…

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to see, to meet

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(-دیدن (بین

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to meet

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ملاقات کردن

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to arrive

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(-رسیدن (رس

92
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how? ex. how’s the weather? = هوا چطور است؟

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چطور

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where?

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کجا

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to know (generally, info, etc)

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(-دانستن (دان

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to need X

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به ـــ نیاز داستن

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now (lit. “this time”)

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این ترم

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makes next thing into an adverb of manner ex. “(they study) in a group” = (بطور گروهی (درس می خوانند

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بطور ـــ

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to know (a skill, like driving or languages)

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بلد بودن

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to know (someone, i.e. connaître)

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(-شناختن (شناس

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revolution

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انقلاب

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airplane

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هَواپَیما

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to pass (over)

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(-گذشتن (گذر

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همهٔ مردم

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everyone

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spring

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بَهار

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summer

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تابِستان

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fall

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پائیز \ پاییز

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winter

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زَمِستان

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what for?

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برای چه؟

109
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heat, fever

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تاب

110
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time or place marker

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ستان-

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for + possessive suffix (me, you, him/her, etc)

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برای + م\ت\ش

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to set (a table); to pluck (a flower)

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(-چیدن (چین

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to jump

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(-پریدن (پر

114
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dangerous

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خطرناک

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chess

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شطرنج

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gold

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طلا

117
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olive oil

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روغَن زیتون

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to meet (someone)

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با ـــــ آشنا شدن

119
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to get divorced, separated

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جدا شدن

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(I, you, s/he, etc) is interested in –> shortening of هستم، هستی ، etc

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علاقمند + م\ت\ش

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childhood

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بچگی

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purse

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کیف

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key

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کلید

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to find

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پیدا کردن

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true

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دُرُست

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ominous, unlucky

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بدیمنی

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evil

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بدی

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difficult

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سختی

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to build, to make

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(-ساختن (ساز

130
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description

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شرح

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custom

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سنت

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tradition

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(رسم (رسوم

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to last, to take (time)

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(-طول کشیدن (کش

134
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last night

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دیشب

135
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to bring

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(-آوردن (آور

136
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money

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پول

137
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with me/you/him/etc (ex. to bring money with me)

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با خودم\ت\ش

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last year

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پارسال

Introductory Persian (15 decks)

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