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diff --git a/src/grammar/phonology.md b/src/grammar/phonology.md
index bbf3626..b78a704 100644
--- a/src/grammar/phonology.md
+++ b/src/grammar/phonology.md
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ its intuitivity, it is modified a little.
 - t: [t]
 - tsch: [tʃ]
 - ts: [ts], follows short vowels
-- tzsch: [tʃ]
 - v: [v]; word-ending: [f]
 - w: [v]
 - z: [ʒ]
diff --git a/src/grammar/pos.md b/src/grammar/pos.md
index e7f4b9c..efb8400 100644
--- a/src/grammar/pos.md
+++ b/src/grammar/pos.md
@@ -1,25 +1,56 @@
 # Parts of Speech
 
 This chapter describe behaviors of different parts of speech that can't be just
-simply ported from German, mostly morphology.
+simply ported from French and German, mostly morphology.
 
 ## Noun
 
-While having the same number of cases and gender, Isanercent has less noun
-patterns compared to German (only four):
+Like French, Isanercent nouns has 2 genders and no cases.
+Isanercent has German-esque noun endings, but it works like French: only plural
+is marked with -(e)r.  If the noun is objects (whether
+<abbr lang="fr" title="complément d'objet indirect">COI</abbr> or
+<abbr lang="fr" title="complément d'objet direct">COD</abbr>), it gains an
+extra -n, similar to how German nouns work in accusative and dative case.
 
-- plosive ending (e.g. *ki Bǔt*, house)
-- sonorant and vowel ending (e.g. *ke Tann*, table)
-- fricative (e.g. *ka Münsch*, mouse)
+The noun's gender is the same as in German.
 
-In plural form, the first vowel is umlauted
+Compound nouns are also made by concatenation like in German instead of
+chaining with preposition.
 
-- plosive ending: add a schwa: *kuu Bütte*
-- sonorant ending: add an -en ending: *kuu Tännen*
-- fricative ending: add a -er ending: *kuu Münscher*
+## Adjective
+
+Generally, the ending is:
+
+|          | masculine | feminine |
+|----------|-----------|----------|
+| singular | no prefix | -a       |
+| plural   | -(e)n     | -an      |
 
-Just like in German, those ending in -e and -er are weak and is added -n in
-dative case and accusative case, e.g. *kum Bütten*, *kur Münschern*.
+## Pronoun
+
+| pronoun | subject | COI | COD | possessive |
+|---------|---------|-----|-----|------------|
+| I       | iir     | mi  | min | mis-       |
+| thou    | nii     | ni  | nin | nis-       |
+| he      | ce      | ce  | cen | ces-       |
+| she     | za      | zi  | zin | zis-       |
+| it      | ci      | cin | cin | cis-       |
+| we      | vi      | vim | cim | vis-       |
+| ye      | chii    | chi | chin| chis-      |
+| you     | scho    |schan|schim| sches-     |
+| they.n  | suu     | sim | sim | suus-      |
+| they.m  | see     | sem | sem | sees-      |
+| they.f  | saa     | sam | sam | saas-      |
+
+Possessives have endings like adjective.
+
+### Impersonal pronouns
+
+| French | Isanercent |
+|--------|------------|
+| se     | sich       |
+| y      | wiise      |
+| en     | darim      |
 
 ## Verb
 
@@ -29,99 +60,65 @@ dative case and accusative case, e.g. *kum Bütten*, *kur Münschern*.
 |------------|--------|
 | iir        | -(e)s  |
 | nii        | -(e)st |
-| ba         | -(e)t  |
-| e/saa/ci   | -(e)   |
-| vi/scho/su | -(e)nt |
+| ce/za/ci   | -(e)   |
+| chii       | -(e)t  |
+| vi         | -ons   |
+| scho       | -etse  |
+| suu/see/saa| -(e)nt |
 
 ### Participles
 
-- past: circumfix da-V-et
-- present: suffix -ang
-
-## Adjective
-
-Because I'm lazy, adjective ending is the same as in German
-
-## Pronoun
-
-| case       | I    | thou | he  | she | it  | we  | ye  | you   | they |
-|------------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|------|
-| nominative | iir  | nii  | e   | saa | ci  | vi  | ba  | scho  | suu  |
-| accusative | mic  | nic  | em  | sam | ci  | vus | ban | schan | sum  |
-| dative     | miir | niir | en  | sar | cen | vim | bam | schim | sur  |
-| genitive   | mar  | nar  | sas | san | cas | vis | bas | sches | sus  |
+- past: circumfix ge-V-et
+- present: suffix -and
 
 ## Articles
 
-Isanercent articles are a bit saner than German counterparts, with separate
-articles for feminine and plural nouns.
-
-- nominative
-  - masculine: *ke*
-  - neuter: *ki*
-  - feminine: *ka*
-  - plural: *kuu*
-- accusative:
-  - masculine: *kem*
-  - neuter: *ki*
-  - feminine: *kam*
-  - plural: *kum*
-- dative
-  - masculine/neuter: *ken*
-  - feminine: *kar*
-  - plural: *kur*
-- genitive
-  - masculine/neuter: *kes*
-  - feminine: *kan*
-  - plural: *kus*
+Isanercent articles work like French, except that there are 3 gender.
+
+| article   | singular | plural |
+|-----------|----------|--------|
+| masculine | de       | den    |
+| feminine  | da       | dar    |
+| neutral   | di       | din    |
 
 ## Preposition
 
 TODO: translate these
 
-- Accusative
-  - bis
-  - durch
-  - entlang (postposition)
-  - für
-  - gegen
-  - je
-  - ohne
-  - um
-  - wider
-- Dative
-  - aus
-  - außer
-  - bei
-  - dank
-  - gegenüber
-  - gemäß
-  - laut
-  - mit
-  - nach
-  - seit
-  - von
-  - zu
-- Genitive
-  - anstatt
-  - statt
-  - außerhalb
-  - innerhalb
-  - jenseits
-  - diesseits
-  - seitens
-  - während
-  - wegen
-  - mithilfe
-  - würdig
-  - anhand
-- Accusative or dative
-  - an
-  - auf
-  - hinter
-  - in
-  - neben
-  - über
-  - unter
-  - vor
-  - zwischen
+| French     | German     | Isanercent |
+|------------|------------|------------|
+| à          | zu         | zo         |
+| à la       | zur        | zo da      |
+| au         | zum        | zod        |
+| aux        | various    | zon/zor    |
+| après      | nach       |            |
+| avant      | vor        |            |
+| avec       | mit        |            |
+| chez       | zu Hause   |            |
+| contre     | gegen      |            |
+| dans       | in         |            |
+| de         | N/A        |            |
+| du         | N/A        |            |
+| de la      | N/A        |            |
+| des        | N/A        |            |
+| depuis     | seit       |            |
+| derrière   | hinten     |            |
+| devant     | vor        |            |
+| en face de | en face de |            |
+| entre      | zwischen   |            |
+| environ    | etwas      |            |
+| hors de    | raus       |            |
+| jusque     | bis zu     |            |
+| malgré     | obwohl     |            |
+| par        | durch      |            |
+| par        | von        |            |
+| parmi      | unter      |            |
+| pendant    | während    |            |
+| pour       | für        |            |
+| près de    | neben      |            |
+| quant à    | mit Bezug auf |         |
+| sans       | ohne       |            |
+| selon      | nach       |            |
+| sous       | unter      |            |
+| sur        | an         |            |
+| vers       | zu         |            |
diff --git a/src/grammar/syntax.md b/src/grammar/syntax.md
index b5a59a0..94c89d7 100644
--- a/src/grammar/syntax.md
+++ b/src/grammar/syntax.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Syntax
 
-There are few constructions that are not directly butchered from German.
-Please learn German syntaxes instead.
+There are few constructions that are not directly butchered French.
+Please learn French syntaxes instead.
diff --git a/src/introduction.md b/src/introduction.md
index f78a8c5..7f2fe11 100644
--- a/src/introduction.md
+++ b/src/introduction.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Introduction
 
-Isanercent is a relex based on German with only a few grammatical,
-orthographical, and phonology changes.
+Isanercent is a relex based on <s>German</s> French with German-esque
+phonology and spelling. There are few changes for aesthetic and regularist
+reason.
 
 In-world wise, Isanercent is spoken by people in Isanerc.