diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/wbrawner/simplemarkdown/model/Sentence.java b/app/src/main/java/com/wbrawner/simplemarkdown/model/Sentence.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fe5a2f6..0000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/wbrawner/simplemarkdown/model/Sentence.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package com.wbrawner.simplemarkdown.model;
-
-import eu.crydee.syllablecounter.SyllableCounter;
-
-public class Sentence {
-
-    private String sentence = "";
-    private int start = 0;
-    private int end = 0;
-
-    private final static SyllableCounter sc = new SyllableCounter();
-
-    public Sentence(String content, int start, int end){
-        this.start = start;
-        this.end = end;
-        this.sentence = content.substring(start, end);
-
-        trimStart();
-    }
-
-    public Sentence(String sentence){
-        this.sentence = sentence;
-    }
-
-    private void trimStart() {
-        while(sentence.startsWith(" ")){
-            this.start++;
-            sentence = sentence.substring(1);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-        return sentence;
-    }
-
-    public int start(){
-        return start;
-    }
-
-    public int end(){
-        return end;
-    }
-
-    public int syllableCount(){
-        return sc.count(sentence);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/wbrawner/simplemarkdown/model/Sentence.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/wbrawner/simplemarkdown/model/Sentence.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cce10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/wbrawner/simplemarkdown/model/Sentence.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.wbrawner.simplemarkdown.model
+
+import eu.crydee.syllablecounter.SyllableCounter
+
+class Sentence(content: String, private var start: Int = 0, private val end: Int = 0) {
+
+    private var sentence = content.substring(start, end)
+    private val sc = SyllableCounter()
+
+    init {
+        trimStart()
+    }
+
+    private fun trimStart() {
+        while (sentence.startsWith(" ")) {
+            this.start++
+            sentence = sentence.substring(1)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun toString(): String {
+        return sentence
+    }
+
+    fun start(): Int {
+        return start
+    }
+
+    fun end(): Int {
+        return end
+    }
+
+    fun syllableCount(): Int {
+        return sc.count(sentence)
+    }
+}