\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{meanshape101 (PokemonTrainerGold)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (basic-japanese-grammar-for-noobs.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (meanshape101 (PokemonTrainerGold)) /Subject (Basic Japanese Grammar for Noobs 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}{2C8FA3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F1F8F9} \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{Basic Japanese Grammar for Noobs Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{meanshape101 (PokemonTrainerGold)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/143048/cs/30808/}}} \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}meanshape101 (PokemonTrainerGold) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/pokemontrainergold} \\ \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 7th February, 2022.\\ 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*}{4} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{A は B です}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{(A is B.) \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) は is the particle indicating a topic. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) Adding です after B forms a predicate. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) e.g.) 私はアンナです。 (I'm Anna.)% Row Count 4 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\_\_ではありません}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{です is a polite word that ends a sentence. \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) e.g.) \seqsplit{はい、私は日本人です。} (Yes, I'm a Japanese.) \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2) ではありません is the negative form of です. \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2) e.g.) \seqsplit{いいえ、私は日本人ではありません。} (No, I'm not a Japanese.)% Row Count 7 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{p{0.85825 cm} p{2.57475 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\_\_つ}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1 & 一つ \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2 & 二つ \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3 & 三つ \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4 & 四つ \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5 & 五つ \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 6 & 六つ \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 7 & 七つ \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} 8 & 八つ \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 9 & 九つ \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} 10 & 十 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{If followed by the counter つ, the way we count numbers from one to ten changes.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Japanese characters}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{The Japanese language has three types of script: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, each with its own specific role. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) e.g. \seqsplit{私はジョンです。(} I am John ). \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) Hiragana: は, です \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) Katakana: ジョン \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) Kanji: 私% Row Count 7 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\seqsplit{Subject は Object を Verb}}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{A typical word order in Japanese is "the subject, the object and the verb." \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) を is a particle indicating the object of an action. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2) e.g.) \seqsplit{私は漫画を読みます。} (I read manga.)% Row Count 6 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{て-form verbs}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{When we use verbs in the middle of sentences, that is, when we add other words after them, we use their conjugated forms. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) The verbs that conjugate, ending with て, are called "て-form verbs." \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2) e.g.) 覚えます (to memorize) \textgreater{}\textgreater{} 覚えて% Row Count 6 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{A の B}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{の is a particle that links two nouns. In Japanese, you put a modifying word before a noun. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) e.g.) 東京のお土産 (a souvenir from Tokyo)% Row Count 3 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\_\_をします}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{します is a verb that means "to do something." \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) You can talk about many actions by combining をします with nouns. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2) e.g.) \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) 勉強 (study) + をします \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) = 勉強をします (I study) \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) 料理 (cooking) + をします \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) = 料理をします (I cook)% Row Count 8 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{何時}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{何 is "what" and JI is "time". 時 is a counter indicating a specific hour. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) e.g.) 何時ですか。 (What time is it?)% Row Count 3 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\_\_はどこですか。}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{(Where is \_\_\_ ?) \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) どこですか is a phrase that allows you to ask where something is, either a place or thing. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2) e.g.) \seqsplit{トイレはどこですか。} (Where is a restroom?)% Row Count 5 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{p{1.3732 cm} p{2.0598 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Numbers (1)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1 & 一 \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2 & 二 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3 & 三 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4 & 四 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5 & 五 \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 6 & 六 \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 7 & 七 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} 8 & 八 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 9 & 九 \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} 10 & 十 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}