\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. 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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*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.08 cm} x{1.872 cm} x{2.808 cm} x{1.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Noun Classes}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & \seqsplit{Definiteness} & Singular & Plural \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{NC1}} & DEF & ...-wa & ...-un \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & INDEF & ekzon* / uggwa ... & okkol ... \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{NC2}} & DEF & ...-an & ...-un \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & INDEF & ekkan ... & okkol ... \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{NC1}} - Noun Class 1: Animate, inc. humans, animals, plants, and certain objects that are manipulated by humans, such as pen, book, etc.\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{NC2}} - Noun Class 2: Everything else inanimate, and abstract nouns, such as justice, freedom, etc. \newline *Ekzon is used in the indefinite for humans and counting humans, e.g., {\emph{ekzon maštor}} "a/one teacher" and {\emph{duizon manuš}} "two men."} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.72 cm} x{1.224 cm} x{2.592 cm} x{2.664 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Noun Classes with Examples}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & \seqsplit{Definiteness} & Singular & Plural \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{NC1}} & DEF & manušš{\bf{wa}} {\emph{"the man"}} & manušš{\bf{un}} {\emph{"the men"}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & fúll{\bf{wa}} {\emph{"the flower"}} & fúll{\bf{un}} {\emph{"the flowers"}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & INDEF & ekzon manuš {\emph{"a man"}} & manuš okkol {\emph{"men"}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & uggwa fúl {\emph{"a flower "}} & fúl okkol {\emph{"flowers"}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{NC2}} & DEF & górg{\bf{an}} {\emph{"the house"}} & górg{\bf{un}} {\emph{"the houses"}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & INDEF & ekkan gór {\emph{"a house"}} & gór okkol {\emph{"houses"}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{The bold letters represent the noun classifier endings. * When suffixes, such as -{\bf{an}}, -{\bf{un}} follow nouns, ending in a vowel or -{\bf{r}}, -{\bf{ g}}- is inserted between the noun stem and the suffix, however, there are few exceptions with loan words, e.g., ṭebilgan, not \textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{}ṭebillan\textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{} as one would expect. \newline \{\{fa-info-circle\}\}Note that non-referential nouns, such as time words, are unmarked for definiteness.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.28 cm} x{1.976 cm} x{3.344 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Rohingya Noun Cases}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Cases}} & {\bf{Suffixes}} (marked by) & {\bf{Usage}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Absolutive (ABS) & bare \seqsplit{form/unmarked} & Subject of intransitive clause, Direct Object of transitive clause \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ergative (ERG) & -{\bf{e}} & Subject of transitive clause, indicates the agent of action \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Genitive (GEN) & -{\bf{r}} & Possessor \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Dative (DAT) & -{\bf{re}} & Object \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Ablative (ABL) & -{\bf{ttu}} & indicates movement away from, Possessor in a possessive predicate \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Locative (LOC) & -{\bf{t}} & spatial "in/at," movement toward "to" \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{noshy\}\}Benefactive (BEN) & -{\bf{lla}} & Oblique, for, intended for \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{noshy\}\}Instrumental (INST) & -{\bf{e}} & indicates "by means of" \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.72 cm} x{2.16 cm} x{2.16 cm} x{2.16 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Noun Cases with Examples}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Singular}} & {\bf{Singular}} & {\bf{Plural}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Cases & Nouns, ending in vowel & Nouns, ending in consonant & All nouns \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ABS & fuwa {\emph{"child"}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}šohor {\emph{"city"}} & ... okkol \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ERG & fuwa(y){\bf{e}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}baf{\bf{e}} {\emph{"father"}} & ... okkol{\bf{e}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} GEN & fuwa{\bf{r}} & šohor(o){\bf{r}} & ... okkol(o){\bf{r}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} DAT & fuwa{\bf{re}} & šohor(o){\bf{re}} & ... okkol(o){\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ABL & fuwa{\bf{ttu}} & šohor(o){\bf{ttu}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}... okkol(o){\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} LOC & \{\{nobreak\}\}bisana{\bf{t}} {\emph{"in bed"}} & šohor(o){\bf{t}} & ... okkol(o){\bf{t}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} BEN & fuwa{\bf{lla}} & šohor(o){\bf{lla}} & \{\{noshy\}\}... okkol(o){\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} INST & \{\{nobreak\}\}gari(y){\bf{e}} {\emph{"by car"}} & - & \{\{nobreak\}\}gari okkol{\bf{e}} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Notes on noun inflection}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{fa-info-circle\}\} When the stem ends with a consonont and the suffix starts with a consonant, -o will be inserted. When the stem ends with a vowel and the suffix starts with a vowel, -y is inserted. Examples:\{\{nl\}\}~\{\{fa-caret-right\}\} šohor + -r \{\{fa-long-arrow-right\}\} šohor{\bf{o}}r\{\{nl\}\}~\{\{fa-caret-right\}\} fuwa + -e \{\{fa-long-arrow-right\}\} fuwa{\bf{y}}e} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{fa-info-circle\}\} When the noun stem ends with the glides {\bf{ai}} and {\bf{ou}}, the consonants -{\bf{y}} and -{\bf{w}} will be inserted between the noun stem and the case marker, respectively. Because of syllable constraint, -{\bf{o}} is inserted before the case marker. Examples: \{\{nl\}\}~\{\{fa-caret-right\}\} bái + r \{\{fa-long-arrow-right\}\} bái{\bf{yo}}r {\emph{"brother's"}}\{\{nl\}\}~\{\{fa-caret-right\}\} bou + r \{\{fa-long-arrow-right\}\} bou{\bf{wo}}r {\emph{"wife's"}}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 9) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.08 cm} x{3.024 cm} x{1.08 cm} x{2.016 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Personal Pronouns}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Subjective}}\{\{br\}\} & & {\bf{Objective}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Gloss}} & {\emph{Ergative}}\{\{br\}\} & {\emph{Gloss}} & {\emph{Dative}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} I & ãi\{\{br\}\} & me & ã{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} you* & tui\{\{br\}\} & you* & to{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} you** & tũi\{\{br\}\} & you** & tũwa{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} he & hite\{\{br\}\} & him & hita{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} she & hiba\{\{br\}\} & her & hiba{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} we & ãra\{\{br\}\} & us & ãra{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} you & tũwara\{\{br\}\} & you & tũwara{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} they & hitara\{\{br\}\} & them & hitara{\bf{re}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{*Non-honorific, singular / **Honorific, singular} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.656 cm} x{2.376 cm} x{1.512 cm} x{1.656 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Personal Pronouns}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Possessive}}\{\{br\}\} & & {\bf{Oblique}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Gloss}} & {\emph{Genitive}}\{\{br\}\} & {\emph{Gloss}} & {\emph{Ablative}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} my / mine & ã{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from me & ã{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} your* / yours & to{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from you* & to{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} your** /yours & tũwa{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from you** & tũwa{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} his & hita{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from him & hita{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} her / hers & hiba{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from her & hiba{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} our / ours & ãra{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from us & ãra{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} your / yours & tũwara{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from you & tũwara{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} their / theirs & hitara{\bf{r}}\{\{br\}\} & to/from them & hitara{\bf{ttu}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{*Non-honorific, singular / **Honorific, singular} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Personal Pronouns}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Oblique object}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Gloss}} & {\emph{Benefactive}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} for me & ã{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} for you* & to{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} for you** & tũwa{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} for him & hita{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} for her & hiba{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} for us & ãra{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} for you & tũwara{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} for them & hitara{\bf{lla}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{*Non-honorific, singular / **Honorific, singular \newline Rohingya uses the Benefactive case to express the same idea as what English achieves by preposition "for"or "intended for," e.g., {\emph{"She made food {\bf{for you.}}"}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.16 cm} x{2.16 cm} x{2.16 cm} p{0.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example 1}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Hibaye & bat & rander. & \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 3SGF-ERG & rice-ABS & cook-PRES.3 & \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} she & rice & cook & \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{"She is cooking rice."}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.888 cm} x{2.356 cm} x{2.356 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example 2}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Tome & górot & giye. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Tom-ERG & house-LOC & go-PAST.3 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Tom (Agent) & to house & went. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{"Tom went home."}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.512 cm} x{1.512 cm} x{2.304 cm} x{1.872 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example 3}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Hite & ei & kitabwa & kinne. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{3SGM-ERG} & \seqsplit{DEM.PROX} & \seqsplit{book-NC2.ABS} & \seqsplit{buy-PAST.3} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} he & this & book & bought \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{"He bought this book."}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}