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 ====== Formative Letters ======
-<wrap medium>This is not a great table to memorize from.  There are separate tables in the sidebar which contain all of this information organized in a better way.  **However, this is** a good list to look up every function of any particular letter.</wrap>
+<WRAP right box centeralign round 50%>
+<wrap big :he>א ב ה ו ט</wrap>
+<wrap big :he>כך ל מם</wrap>
+<wrap big :he>נן ש ת</wrap>
+</WRAP>
 Eleven of the letters in the Alef-Bet are considered "formative" because they serve grammatical functions in the language.
+  * [[alef]]
+  * [[bet]]
+  * [[heh]]
+  * [[vav]]
+  * [[yod]]
+  * [[kaf]]
+  * [[lamed]]
+  * [[mem]]
+  * [[nun]]
+  * [[shin]]
+  * [[tav]]
+This list is the opposite of the [[radical only]] letters.
+------
+===== Technical Details Below =====
+------
+The various uses of the formative letters are summarized in the table below:
+<wrap medium>This is not a great table to memorize from.  There are separate tables in the sidebar which contain all of this information organized in a better way.  **However, this is** a good list to look up just about every function of any particular letter.</wrap>
 ^               Letter ^ Letter             ^ Type                         ^ Function                                                                ^
 |   <wrap :he>א</wrap> | [[alef]]           | [[verb conjugation]]         | first person: I will do (cohortive) \\ second person: Do! (imperative)  |
-|   <wrap :he>ב</wrap> | [[bet]]            | [[inseparable preposition]]  | (in/on/with/by) [[preposition]]                                         |
+|   <wrap :he>ב</wrap> | [[bet]]            | [[inseparable preposition]]  | (in/on/with/by)                                   |
 |   <wrap :he>ה</wrap> | [[heh]]            | [[prefixes|prefix]]          | (the) [[definite article]]                                              |
 |                      | [[heh]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | ("-ah") feminine singular [[marker_suffix|marker]]                      |
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 |                      | [[vav]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | (nun+vav "-nu") first person plural possessive                          |
 |   <wrap :he>י</wrap> | [[yod]]            | [[verb conjugation]]         | He/they will                                                            |
-|                      | [[yod]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | masculine construct [[marker_suffix|marker]]                            |
+|                      | [[yod]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | masculine plural construct [[marker_suffix|marker]]                            |
 |                      | [[yod]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | first person singular possessive                                        |
 |                      | [[yod]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | (yod+mem, "-im") masculine plural [[marker_suffix|marker]]              |
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 |   <wrap :he>ש</wrap> | [[shin]]           | [[prefixes|prefix]]          | (that/which/who/whom) [[asher]]                                         |
 |   <wrap :he>ת</wrap> | [[tav]]            | [[verb conjugation]]         | She/you will                                                            |
-|                      | [[tav]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | feminine construct [[marker_suffix|marker]]                             |
+|                      | [[tav]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | feminine singular construct [[marker_suffix|marker]]                             |
 |                      | [[tav]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | (vav+tav, "-ot") feminine plural [[marker_suffix|marker]]               |