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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*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.04057 cm} x{2.93643 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Summary}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Tenses & Focused on prasens, perfekt, and Plusquamperfekt. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Post World War II History & Focused on East and West Germany (must learn facts) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Irregular verbs & Focuses on conjuating irregular verbs for all the tenses we learned \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Identity & Talk about personal history (Birthplace, influential historical events) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Important words that are new & This is a list of words (all types of words) \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Most of this is ripped from the study guide} \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}{Pr{\"a}sens}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{What is pr{\"a}sens?} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Pr{\"a}sens is the present tense \{\{nl\}\} It is what is happening right now.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{What is Perfekt?} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Perfekt = perfect tense = present perfect \{\{nl\}\} Present perfect is for actions that have in the recent past. \{\{nl\}\} Perfekt is one of the past tenses. \textasciicircum{}1\textasciicircum{}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{What is Pr{\"a}teritum?} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Pr{\"a}teritum is the past tense. \{\{nl\}\} Used to talk about/express actions that started and finished in the past. \textasciicircum{}1\textasciicircum{}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{What is Plusquamperfekt?} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Plusquamperfekt is English past perfect tense.\{\{nl\}\}Expresses actions that took place before a certain point in the past. \textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pr{\"a}sens Notes}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\textasciicircum{}1\textasciicircum{} In spoken German, {\emph{the perfect tense is often used instead of the past tense}}. We can translate the perfect tense using the English {\bf{simple past tense}}.\textasciicircum{}3\textasciicircum{}\{\{nl\}\}\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{}We use this tense in storytelling together with the simple past, to look back at something that happened before a past event.\{\{nl\}\}\textasciicircum{}3\textasciicircum{}The rules for the {\bf{simple past tense}} involve forming affirmative sentences by adding '-ed' to regular verbs, with spelling adjustments for verbs ending in 'e', 'y', or a \seqsplit{consonant-vowel-consonant} pattern. For irregular verbs, the past tense form must be memorized. Negative and interrogative sentences (except for the verb "to be") use the auxiliary "did" followed by the base form of the verb.% Row Count 15 (+ 15) } \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}{Verbs}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{popup="https://german.net/verbs/conjugation/"\}\}Here is a helpful website for conjugating the top 100 most used verbs.\{\{/popup\}\} It does all the tenses. There are also other exercises for other tenses and irregular verbs.% Row Count 5 (+ 5) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09494 cm} x{3.88206 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Temporale Pr{\"a}positionen}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vor & before \{\{nl\}\} Used to indicate events in the sentences that haven't been talked about yet. \{\{nl\}\} Can indicate that the event happened so many days, weeks, etc, ago. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} nach & After \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} von ... bis & from ... to \{\{nl\}\} from ... until \{\{nl\}\} Indicates how long something took. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} seit & since \{\{nl\}\} for (a period of time) \{\{nl\}\} in \{\{nl\}\} indicates an event has started and is still going on for however long \textasciicircum{}1\textasciicircum{} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\textasciicircum{}1\textasciicircum{} If the event has ended, there is no preposition, the case is then akk, not dat. \newline {\bf{All of these prepositions are dat.}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}