\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{LaghmanC} \pdfinfo{ /Title (russian-verbs.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (LaghmanC) /Subject (Russian Verbs Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A34B8E} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F9F3F7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Russian Verbs Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{LaghmanC} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/22338/cs/4561/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}LaghmanC \\ \uline{cheatography.com/laghmanc} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 7th July, 2015.\\ Updated 13th May, 2016.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Infinitive endings}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{-ть / -ти / -чь% Row Count 1 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Verbal Aspect (how the action takes place)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Imperfective Aspect}} & {\emph{Perfective Aspect}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Describes action of a general nature, things in progress, and repetitive or habitual actions & Emphasizes completion of an action or have a restricted, focused meaning \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Adverbs often used with imperfectives: всегд́а, каждый день, иногда́, часто́, обы́чно, и т.д. & Adverbs that suggest completion: вдруг, наконе́ц, совсе́м, сра́зу, и т.д. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Note: the perfective aspect does not have a present tense (the present, by definition, cannot be completed).}} \newline \newline {\emph{Mnemonic: the {\bf{I}}mperfective is {\bf{I}}nfinite (long period of time)}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Subjunctive Mood}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{бы + past tense of the verb}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Expresses desire, fervent hope, hypotheses, contrary-to-fact statements} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Note: the perfective aspect is used for positive statements whereas the imperfective aspect is used for negative statements.}} \newline {\emph{N.B. "бы" is sometimes shortened as "б"}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.23579 cm} x{1.69349 cm} x{1.64772 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Present Tense}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Conjugation Class I (- е - type)}} & {\bf{Conjugation Class II (-и- type)}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{я}} & -ю/(-у) & -ю/(-у) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{ты}} & \seqsplit{-ешь/-ёшь} & -ишь \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{он (она́, оно́)}} & -ет/-ёт & -ит \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{мы}} & -ем/-ём & -им \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{вы}} & \seqsplit{-ете/ёте} & -ите \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{они́}} & -ют/(-ут) & -ят/(-ат) \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Spelling rule: after г, к, х, ж and ч, -ю becomes -у and -я becomes -а.}} \newline {\emph{Note: a lot of Russian verbs are irregular}}.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.58344 cm} x{1.39356 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Past Tense (for both aspects)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Masculine (я,ты, он) & Stem + л \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Feminine (я, ты, она́) & Stem + ла \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Neuter (оно́) & Stem + ло \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Plural (мы, вы, они́) & Stem + ли \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.87717 cm} x{1.29487 cm} x{1.00248 cm} x{1.00248 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Imperative Mood}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{ты}} & -ай & -и & -ь \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{вы}} & -айте & -ите & -ьте \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Note: For the first person singular, use "давай" + infinitive (imperfective)/or the 1st person singular of the future tense (perfective).}} \newline {\emph{Note2: For the first person plural, use "давайте" + infinitive (imperfective)/or the 1st person plural of the future tense (perfective).}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09848 cm} x{1.73926 cm} x{1.73926 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Future Tense}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Imperfective aspect}} & {\bf{Perfective aspect}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Used when there is a general statement in the future, an indication of duration or time, for politeness & Expresses the action as a complete event \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{я}} & бу́ду + infinitive & -ю/(-у) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{ты}} & бу́дешь + infinitive & \seqsplit{-ешь/-ёшь} ; -ишь \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{он/ она́/оно́}} & бу́дет + infinitive & -ет/-ёт ; -ит \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{мы}} & бу́дем + infinitive & -ем/-ём ; -им \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{вы}} & бу́дете + infinitive & \seqsplit{-ете/-ёте} ; -ите \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{они́}} & бу́дут + infinitive & -ют/(-ут) ; -ят/(-ат) \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Note: the future tense in the imperfective aspect is also known as the compound future}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Reflexive Verbs (-ся- verbs)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Add {\bf{-ся}} if the conjugated verb ends with a vowel} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Add {\bf{-сь}} if the conjugated verb ends with a consonant} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}