diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 97e4117..3bf2514 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -6,9 +6,46 @@ Rust developers hate it, Python developers fear it, and C developers make it bli
 
 ## How to Strath
 ### Comments
+; all text after a semicolon will be treated as a comment  
+&& all text after a double and will be treated as a comment  
+]][[ an inline command, all text between the double square brackets will be treated as a comment  
+`\`´´ this makes a multiline comment
 
 ### If, else if/elif, else
+¿??/condition\\? | () - if  
+?>/condition\\? | () - elif/else if  
+\>?/condition\\? | () - else  
+
+After ?? and ?> either a $ or € to declare if all conditions are to be true or false respectivly  
+Two variables will be compared by an if statment without "==" eg ¿??$/1 1\\? | () compares if 1 == 1 and if that result needs to be true to run the code in between the two round brackets
 
 ### Variable Types
+}}type{{ uses the standard types like int, str, float, etc
 
-### Working With Variables
+Certain types have short declarations  
+ö declares ints  
+Ö declares floats  
+ä declares char  
+Ä declares string  
+ü declares list  
+Ü declares dict  
+
+wavey brackets aren't needed in this case
+
+#### Working With Variables
+Variables are declared by defining the type, the name, and the value (optional) eg:  
+}}int{{ i < 1;
+
+}int{ i < 1; A single wavy bracket allows the type of the var to change dynamicly
+
+Special behaviour:  
+j > i will copy i to j and drops i  
+j < i will copy i to j and maintain i
+
+### In-build functions
+<= will output a value  
+=> takes an input and sets the next variable to it as the input
+
+### Code
+¡! are statments
+¿? are expression
diff --git a/sm-test-files/animals-example/animal.sm b/sm-test-files/animals-example/animal.sm
index 9bc5858..f82341c 100644
--- a/sm-test-files/animals-example/animal.sm
+++ b/sm-test-files/animals-example/animal.sm
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 && '++name declares an abstract class
 && all of that is, of course, a statement so ¡!
 
-'++animal (
+
+&<='++animal (
  && +}}type{{ declares a property of a class
  && "+}}type{{ declares a static property of a class
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
    ¡<=/"Created animal named " + name\!;
 
    && +var refers to a property, like this. in other languages
-   && you can only assign values to static variables once in this language 
+   && you can only assign values to static variables once in this language
    ¡+name < name!;
    ¡+speed < speed!;
  )