i think im like, actually v happy with this course now. i dont think im gonna do any more major changes (except adding stories later)

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@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
     <div class="box">
       <p>toki pona has 14 letters in its alphabet:</p>
       <p>a e i k j l m n o p s t u w</p>
-      <p>
-        because of the small amount of letters, you can pronounce some sounds
-        differently if it feels more natural to you - it's okay to say
-        <i>dogi</i> instead of <i>toki</i>
-      </p>
     </div>
 
     <h2 class="title box-title">general guide to pronounciation</h2>
@@ -53,7 +48,15 @@
 
     <h3 class="title box-title">~ stress</h3>
     <div class="box">
-      <p>you always stress the first syllable of every word.</p>
+      <p>
+        don't be stressed, you don't have to pronounce the letters
+        <em>exactly</em> as i say, you can pronounce things slightly differently
+        if it feels natural - for example, you could soften your p, t, and k
+        sounds into b, d, and g sounds!
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        oh and also, you always have to stress the first syllable of every word.
+      </p>
     </div>
 
     <h2 class="title box-title">exercises</h2>
@@ -71,6 +74,10 @@
         <summary>tenpo</summary>
         <p>should sound like <i>tempo</i></p>
       </details>
+      <details>
+        <summary>jelo</summary>
+        <p>should sound like <i>yellow</i></p>
+      </details>
       <details>
         <summary>mu</summary>
         <p>should sound like <i>moo</i></p>

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@@ -44,15 +44,14 @@
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ a!</h3>
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
-        a is an emotion particle! you can put it after a word to intensify or
+        a is an emotion particle! you can put it after a word or a sentence to
-        emphasize the word, or put it after a sentence to intensify or emphasize
+        intensify or emphasize what comes before it
-        the sentence.
       </p>
       <p>
-        put on its own it expresses something like <i>ah</i>, <i>oh!</i>, or
+        put on its own it means something like <i>ah</i>, <i>oh!</i>, or some
-        some other emotion sound.
+        other emotion sound, and more than three a's in a row often means
+        laughter.
       </p>
-      <p>more than three a's in a row often expresses laughter.</p>
     </div>
 
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ examples</h3>

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@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence"><span class="subject">seme</span> li lon supa</p>
         <p>~ what's on the table?</p>
-        <p class="sentence"><span class="subject">mani ale mi</span></p>
+        <p class="sentence">
-        <p>~ all of my money</p>
+          <span class="subject">mani ale mi</span> (li lon supa)
+        </p>
+        <p>~ all of my money (is on the table)</p>
       </div>
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence">

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@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
         anu is a conjunction meaning "or", both inclusive and exclusive. it's a
-        particle which adds an alternative to the current part of speech.
+        particle which forms an either/or <em>or</em> an and/or relationship in
-      </p>
+        the current part of speech (subject, predicate, object, preposition)
-      <p>
-        when you add anu, you're saying that either one (or perhaps both) of
-        these things could be put in the sentence.
       </p>
     </div>
 

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@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
     <h2 class="title box-title">lesson</h2>
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ taso</h3>
     <div class="box">
-      <p>taso can be used at the start of a sentence to mean "however,"</p>
+      <p>taso can be used at the start of a sentence to mean <i>however,</i></p>
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence">
           mi la mi pali pona · taso jan ante la mi pali ike.
         </p>
         <p>~ i think i work well. however, other people think i work poorly</p>
       </div>
-      <p>you can also use taso as a regular word</p>
+      <p>you can also use taso as a regular word.</p>
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence">mi wile e mani taso</p>
         <p>~ i want only money</p>

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@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ main counting system</h3>
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
-        toki pona has four words to describe amounts; <i>wan, tu, mute, ale</i
+        toki pona has five words to describe amounts;
-        ><br />
+        <i>ala, wan, tu, mute, ale</i><br />
-        meaning <i>one, two, many, everything</i>.
+        meaning <i>nothing, one, two, many, everything</i>.
       </p>
       <p>
         the reason it works like this is because counting is unnecessary. often
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@
         <summary>sina wile tawa tomo telo la o tawa lupa nanpa tu</summary>
         <p>if you wanna go to the bathroom, go to the second door</p>
       </details>
+      <details>
+        <summary>waso tu li tawa tomo moku</summary>
+        <p>two bats are going to a restaurant</p>
+      </details>
       <details>
         <summary>mi kama sona e nimi mute pi toki pona</summary>
-        <p>i'm learning all the toki pona words</p>
+        <p>i'm learning a lot of toki pona words</p>
       </details>
       <details>
         <summary>mi pini e pali mi la mi ken musi</summary>
@@ -87,6 +91,15 @@
         <summary>snakes are cute!</summary>
         <p>akesi li suwi a</p>
       </details>
+      <details>
+        <summary>aw man, my calculator broke</summary>
+        <p>ike a · ilo nanpa mi li pakala</p>
+        <p>a ilo nanpa mi li pakala</p>
+      </details>
+      <details>
+        <summary>there are two shady people by your home</summary>
+        <p>jan ike tu li lon poka pi tomo sina</p>
+      </details>
       <details>
         <summary>this is your first ever meow</summary>
         <p>ni li mu sina nanpa wan</p>

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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
         to say and, you repeat the particle. for subjects you say the particle
-        <i>en</i>
+        <i>en</i>.
       </p>
       <p>
         this means you repeat <i>en</i> for subjects, <i>li</i> for predicates,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <p>kon pi nimi ni li seme</p>
       </details>
       <details>
-        <summary>hey, give me that tasty fruit over there?</summary>
+        <summary>hey, give me that tasty fruit over there</summary>
         <p>o pana e kili pona lon ni tawa mi</p>
       </details>
       <details>

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@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ tips</h3>
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
-        (i wanna put tips here that i would've liked to know when i first
+        (i wanna put tips here that i would've liked to know after finishing my
-        started learning toki pona but i gotta think of some first or maybe get
+        first toki pona course but i gotta think of some first or maybe get some
-        some ideas from others or smth idk bare with me)
+        ideas from others or smth idk bare with me)
       </p>
     </div>
     <div class="box">

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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <h2 class="title box-title">lesson</h2>
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ modifiers</h3>
     <div class="box box-top">
-      <p>modifiers go after the word they're modifying</p>
+      <p>modifiers go after the word they're modifying.</p>
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence">
           <span class="subject">soweli</span>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         </p>
       </div>
 
-      <p>to do possessive, you modify the word with a pronoun</p>
+      <p>to do possessive, you modify the word with a pronoun.</p>
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence">
           <span class="subject">soweli</span>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
         keep in mind that if you modify mi or sina, you need to use li
-        afterwards
+        afterwards.
       </p>
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence">mi mute li wawa</p>

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@@ -58,16 +58,8 @@
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ direct objects</h3>
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
-        you use the particle e to indicate the direct object, the one being
+        you use the particle <i>e</i> to indicate the direct object, the one
-        affected by the predicate.
+        being affected by the predicate.
-      </p>
-      <p>
-        (for example, if you are watering, then the thing being watered is the
-        direct object)
-      </p>
-      <p>
-        (if you are looking at something, the thing being looked at is the
-        direct object)
       </p>
       <div class="quote">
         <p>
@@ -113,15 +105,26 @@
         </p>
       </div>
       <p>
-        you can also use the word ni to refer to an idea from a previous
+        you use the words <i>ni</i> or <i>ona</i> to refer to ideas you've
-        sentence, or to indicate you will elaborate on an idea in a future
+        already said or are going to say. <i>ni</i> is a bit broader than
-        sentence. you can also use the word ona similarly, but for words instead
+        <i>ona</i>.
-        of ideas.
       </p>
+      <div class="quote">
+        <p class="sentence">
+          <span class="subject">mi</span> <span class="predicate">lukin</span> e
+          <span class="object">ni</span> · <span class="subject">sina</span>
+          <span class="predicate">olin</span> e <span class="object">mi</span>
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          <span class="subject">i</span> <span class="predicate">see</span>
+          <span class="object">this:</span> <span class="subject">you</span>
+          <span class="predicate">love</span> <span class="object">me</span>
+        </p>
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ examples</h3>
-    <div class="box">
+    <div class="box box-top">
       <div class="quote">
         <p class="sentence">
           <span class="subject">moku ni</span> li

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@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ preverbs</h3>
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>preverbs go before the predicate and modify it.</p>
-      <p>
+      <p>preverbs can only be modified with the word ala, to negate it.</p>
-        they can be negated by the word ala, and otherwise you can't modify
-        preverbs. you can also use multiple preverbs at once.
-      </p>
       <div class="quote">
         <p>
           <span class="subject">subject</span> li

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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>pi is a really useful particle that regroups modifiers.</p>
       <p>
-        normally, each modifier modifies the sum of all its previous words in
+        normally, each modifier modifies the sum of all the previous words in
         the phrase. the particle pi creates a second phrase which modifies the
         first phrase.
       </p>
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@
     <div class="box box-top">
       <p>
         when i say phrase, i mean a collection of a headnoun + modifiers, like
-        "jan" or "ilo moku"
+        <i>jan</i> or <i>ilo moku</i>.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        a phrase with pi is a phrase where you're using a phrase as a modifier.
       </p>
-      <p>a phrase with pi in it consists of two smaller phrases.</p>
     </div>
 
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ examples</h3>

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@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
         first letter. this means that you have to pick a word which describes
         what the thing is, and then modify that word with the name.
       </p>
+      <div class="quote">
+        <p class="sentence">jan Lisa</p>
+        <p>~ a <i>jan</i> named lisa</p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="quote">
+        <p class="sentence">ma Mewika</p>
+        <p>a country named Mewika (the united states)</p>
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ tokiponization</h3>
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@
         </p>
       </div>
       <div class="quote">
-        <p>the english language becomes <i>toki Inli</i></p>
+        <p>the english language becomes <i>toki Inli</i>.</p>
         <p>
           the <i>ng</i> cluster was simplified to <i>n</i>, and the syllable
           count was prioritized, meaning the ending <i>sh</i> was removed.
@@ -131,7 +139,7 @@
       <div class="quote">
         <p>
           the swedish language becomes <i>toki Wensa</i>, from swedish
-          <i>svenska</i>
+          <i>svenska</i>.
         </p>
         <p>
           the <i>sv</i> cluster gets simplified to just <i>w</i>, and the
@@ -161,7 +169,7 @@
       </details>
 
       <details>
-        <summary>mi wile e len mute tan ni · ma Kanata li lete mute!</summary>
+        <summary>mi wile e len mute tan ni · ma Kanata li lete mute</summary>
         <p>
           i need a lot of clothes because the country called Kanata (canada) is
           really cold!

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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         this course will not make you fluent. no course out there will! toki
         pona may be minimalist, but it's still a complex language to learn.
         people spend several years before they even start considering themselves
-        fluent, and you will probbaly be no different.
+        fluent, and you will probably be no different.
       </p>
       <p>
         however, this course will give you a good understanding of all the
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       </p>
       <p>
         it's okay if you don't have all the vocabulary memorized yet, it'll come
-        with practicing making and translating sentences
+        with practicing making and translating sentences.
       </p>
     </div>
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
       </p>
     </div>
 
-    <h2 class="title box-title">courses</h2>
+    <h2 class="title box-title">lessons</h2>
     <div class="list">
       <ul class="list-padding">
         <li><a href="0" class="link">lesson 0 - sounds</a></li>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <li><a href="2" class="link">lesson 2 - li</a></li>
         <li><a href="3" class="link">lesson 3 - modifiers</a></li>
         <li><a href="4" class="link">lesson 4 - objects eh?</a></li>
-        <li><a href="5" class="link">lesson 5 - pre-verbs</a></li>
+        <li><a href="5" class="link">lesson 5 - preverbs</a></li>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="5/story" class="link">story</a></li>
         </ul>