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 {{main|Evonish grammar}}
 ===Morphology===
-====Nouns====
+====Declension====
-Nouns in Evonish are declined to indicate their grammatical role in the sentence. Their conjugation depends upon case, gender, and number. Gender is a special factor in Evonish; a word does not determine a gender, rather a selected gender determines a different word. For example, a stone in common gender may be an igneous rock while a stone in neuter may be a sedimentary rock. Possessive and genitive ''are'' not considered distinct cases. The plural genitive ending is used in compound words much like kennings in the Old English and Old Norse languages.
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-====Adjectives====
+====Conjugation====
- This section is a work in progress and subject to change.
+=====Weak I=====
-Certain adjectives decline only in an attributive position, they do not in a predicative position. Cf. [[w:German language|German]] ''die schwarze Magd'' vs ''die Magd ist schwarz''. Some adjectives undergo umlaut, such as old, ölder, and öldest. Furthermore, there are many common affixes which form adjectives, whose list will be availible in time.
-* Comparative: -err
-* Superlative: -est
-===Verbs===
-====Aspects====
-The primary aspects are simple(including gnomic), perfect, progressive, habitual, and frequentative. If further aspects are necessary, they may be formed in nonstandard ways or purely in context.
-{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width: 500px; "
-|-
-! colspan="2" scope="row"|Aspects
-! colspan="2"| Modal Verb
-! colspan="2"| Main verb
-|-
-! colspan="2" scope="row"|Simple
-| colspan="2"| '''''(no modal verb)'''''
-| colspan="2"| '''conjugation'''
-|-
-! colspan="2" scope="row"|Perfect
-| colspan="2"| '''haven''' (to have)
-| colspan="2"| '''passive participle'''
-|-
-! colspan="2" scope="row"|Progressive
-| colspan="2"| '''bíen''' (to be)
-| colspan="2"| '''active participle'''
-|-
-! colspan="2" scope="row"|Habitual
-| colspan="2"| '''dóen''' (to do)
-| colspan="2"| '''infinitive'''
-|-
-! colspan="2" scope="row"|Frequentative
-| colspan="2"| '''''(no modal verb)'''''
-| colspan="2"| '''-eln conjugation''' (above)
-|}
-=====Conjugation=====
-======Weak I======
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-=====Frequentative=====
+===Nouns===
-This is the only aspect formed with special conjugations. These conjugations will be provided soon, the infinitives of these are -eln and -ern.
+Nouns in Evonish are declined to indicate their grammatical role in the sentence. Their declension depends upon case, gender, and number. Gender is a special factor in Evonish; a word does not determine a gender, rather a selected gender determines a different word. For example, a stone in common gender may be an igneous rock while a stone in neuter may be a sedimentary rock. Possessive and genitive ''are'' not considered distinct cases. The plural genitive ending is used in compound words much like kennings in the Old English and Old Norse languages.
-====Future tense====
+====Adjectives====
+Certain adjectives decline only in an attributive position, they do not in a predicative position. Cf. [[w:German language|German]] ''die schwarze Magd'' vs ''die Magd ist schwarz''. Some adjectives undergo umlaut, such as old, ölder, and öldest. Furthermore, there are many common affixes which form adjectives, whose list will be availible in time.
+* Comparative: -err
+* Superlative: -est
+===Verbs===
+The use of the prefix ne- on any verb's form implies negation. Alternatively add the particle "nict" after the main verb, this is especially useful when a different prefix is already attached to the verb.
+====Aspects====
+The frequentive aspect is the only aspect formed with special conjugations. These conjugations will be provided soon, the infinitives of these are -eln and -ern.
+The primary aspects are simple(including gnomic), perfect, progressive, habitual, and frequentative. If further aspects are necessary, they may be formed in nonstandard ways or purely in context.
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width: 500px; "
+|-
+! colspan="2" scope="row"|Aspects
+! colspan="2"| Modal Verb
+! colspan="2"| Main verb
+|-
+! colspan="2" scope="row"|Simple
+| colspan="2"| '''''(no modal verb)'''''
+| colspan="2"| '''conjugation'''
+|-
+! colspan="2" scope="row"|Perfect
+| colspan="2"| '''haven''' (to have)
+| colspan="2"| '''passive participle'''
+|-
+! colspan="2" scope="row"|Progressive
+| colspan="2"| '''bíen''' (to be)
+| colspan="2"| '''active participle'''
+|-
+! colspan="2" scope="row"|Habitual
+| colspan="2"| '''dóen''' (to do)
+| colspan="2"| '''infinitive'''
+|-
+! colspan="2" scope="row"|Frequentative
+| colspan="2"| '''''(no modal verb)'''''
+| colspan="2"| '''-eln conjugation''' (above)
+|}
+====Tenses====
 Future is generally expressed by giving a time, or is implied in context with the simple present tense. There are auxiliary verbs that are standard as well. These are conjugated for the indicative mood
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-====Negation====
-Use the prefix ne- on any verb's form to imply negation. Alternatively add the particle "nict" after the main verb, this is especially useful when a different prefix is already attached to the verb.
 ==Syntax==