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 === Review all the tones ===
-What happens when you put a vowel and tone together? You get a "[[Table of all finals in MTL|final]]", the rear part of the syllable, everything but the initial consonant. It uniquely spells out the vowel, tone, and any consonant endings.
+[[:File:Taiwanese7Tones.pdf|Here is a chart]] of the Taiwanese syllable endings in all of the tones. See how much you can now read. After you know this chart, any syllable you see will just boil down to a final either with or without a consonant in front.
-Take a look at [[:File:Taiwanese7Tones.pdf|this chart]] and see how much you can now read. Ignoring the tones, there are only about 30 commonly-used finals. After you know this chart, any syllable you see will just boil down to a final either with or without a consonant in front.
+Another term for the syllable ending is the "final", which is what happens when you put a vowel and tone together. For more detailed information, see [[table of all finals in MTL]].
-If you noticed a few finals that are spelled a little differently from what we taught so far, we will explain those next.
+You may have noticed some finals that are spelled a little differently from what we taught so far. Let's look at those next.
 === Special vowels ===