\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{no\_name\_needed} \pdfinfo{ /Title (german-1.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (no\_name\_needed) /Subject (German 1 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}{1861A1} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F0F5F9} \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{German 1 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{no\_name\_needed} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/196693/cs/41368/}}} \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}no\_name\_needed \\ \uline{cheatography.com/no-name-needed} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 21st November, 2024.\\ 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*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Article}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Case} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Nominative} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Acusative} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Dative} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Genitive} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Personal Pronouns}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/no-name-needed_1715084475_German personal pronouns.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Pronouns are words that substitute for a noun or noun phrase. German personal pronouns are declined, depending on the case. \newline \newline {\bf{Ich}} bin Arzt. (nominative) \newline Ich habe eine Party für {\bf{ihn}} organisiert. (accusative) \newline Ich schenke {\bf{ihm}} ein neues Fahrrad. (dative) \newline Du kannst ohne {\bf{mich/ dich/ ihn/ sie/ es/ uns/ euch/ sie}} gehen. (accusative) \newline Du kannst mit {\bf{mir/ dir/ ihm/ ihr/ ihm/ uns/ euch/ ihnen}} gehen. (dative)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Possessive Pronouns}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/no-name-needed_1723460911_Possessive pronouns2.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Possessive pronouns}} stand {\bf{in place of a noun}}. Possessive pronouns indicate ownership or belonging, are used to replace a previously mentioned noun; they are declined according to case and gender. \newline \newline Dein Auto ist gut, aber {\bf{meins}} ist besser. (Your car is good but {\bf{mine}} is better.) \newline Meine Eltern haben den Urlaub verschoben, und {\bf{deine}}? (nominativ) \newline Ich esse mein Stück Kuchen, isst du {\bf{deins}} nicht? (accusative) \newline Er isst von seiner Torte und ich von {\bf{meiner}}. (dative)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Start new column}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Possessive articles (before noun)}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/no-name-needed_1723460833_Possessive articles2.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Possessive articles}}, also known as possessive adjectives, {\bf{come before a noun}}. They are similar to the English forms my, your, his, our, etc. German possessive articles are declined; \newline \newline {\bf{Seine}} Schwester feiert gern Geburtstag. (nominative) \newline Er sitzt vor {\bf{seiner}} Geburtstagstorte. (dative)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Possessive Pronouns (declension chart)}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/no-name-needed_1700490921_Screenshot 2023-11-20 153034.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{sein- (his) + der Bleistift (pencil) + nominative (subject) =\textgreater{} seine{\bf{r}}}} \newline Ist dieser Bleistift {\bf{seiner?}} \newline {\emph{dein- (your) + der Kuchen (cake) + accusative (direct object) =\textgreater{} deine{\bf{n}}}} \newline Ich habe meinen Kuchen aufgegessen. Hast du noch {\bf{deinen}}?} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Start new column (copy)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.728 cm} x{1.224 cm} x{2.736 cm} x{1.512 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Prepositions and german cases}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Accusative}} & {\bf{Dative}} & {\bf{Accusative/ Dative}} & {\bf{Genitive}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} bis & aus & an & \seqsplit{ausserhalb} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} durch & \seqsplit{ausser} & auf & \seqsplit{innerhalb} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} fur & bei 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\mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/no-name-needed_1715007119_declinari.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Preposition + Article}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{an + das = ans\{\{nl\}\} an + dem = am\{\{nl\}\} auf + das = aufs\{\{nl\}\} bei + dem = beim\{\{nl\}\} in + dem = im\{\{nl\}\} in + das = ins\{\{nl\}\} von + dem = vom\{\{nl\}\} zu + dem = zum\{\{nl\}\} zu + der = zur} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{ich} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{du} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{er/sie/es} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{wir} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{ihr} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{sie/Sie} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Regular verbs: -e/-st/-t;-en/-t/-en \newline Verbs ending in -t/-d/ and *-n/-m (if is proceeded by another consonant other that -r):-e/-{\bf{e}}st/-{\bf{e}}t;-en/-{\bf{e}}t/-en \newline Verbs ending in -s/-ss/-{\ss}-/z: -e/-{\bf{t}}/-t;-en/-{\bf{t}}/-en} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sentence structure}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Subject - conjugated verb - indirect object - time - cause - manner - place - direct object {\emph{noun}} - infinite verb. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) Subject - conjugated verb - direct object {\emph{pronoun}} - indirect object - time - cause - manner - place - infinite verb. \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 3) {\emph{Time cause manner place}} \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) Der Lehrer hat dem Schüler gestern in der Schule den Test zurückgegeben. \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 2) Der Lehrer hat {\bf{ihn}} {\emph{(den Test)}} dem Schüler gestern in der Schule zurückgegeben. \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 2) Der Lehrer hat {\bf{ihn}} {\emph{(den Test)}} {\bf{ihm}} {\emph{(dem Schüler)}} gestern in der Schule zurückgegeben. \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 2) Heute {\emph{(Time)}} esse ich wegen der Arbeit {\emph{(Cause)}} schnell {\emph{(Manner)}} im Restaurant {\emph{(Place)}} einen Apfel. 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