\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{sicognates} \pdfinfo{ /Title (ss-comer.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (sicognates) /Subject (SS COMER 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}{18A39E} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F0F9F8} \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{SS COMER Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{sicognates} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/57398/cs/15182/}}} \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}sicognates \\ \uline{cheatography.com/sicognates} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 20th March, 2018.\\ Updated 20th March, 2018.\\ 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{1.51052 cm} x{1.92248 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{preretirite of stem-changing verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} yo & -i \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & -iste \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ud/el/ella & o {\bf{st-ch}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nosotros/as & -imos \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vosotros/as & -isteis \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} uds/ellos/ellas & -eron {\bf{st-ch}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} stem changes in PR go from: & {\bf{e\textgreater{}i}} or {\bf{o\textgreater{}u}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} stem changes in PR happen: & in third person singular and plural \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} stem changes in PR only happen: & in -ir stem changing verbs, not in -ar or -er \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.51052 cm} x{1.92248 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{irregular comparitives and superlatives}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{fa-cloud\}\} & {\bf{adjectives}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} bueno/a & good \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} malo/a & bad \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} grande & big; old \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pequeno/a & small; young \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} joven & young \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} viejo/a & old \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{fa-cloud\}\} & {\bf{comparative}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mejor & better \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} peor & worse \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mayor & older \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} menor & younger \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{fa-cloud\}\} & {\bf{superlative}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} el/la mejor & the best \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} el/la peor & the worst \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} el/la mayor & the oldest \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} el/la menor & the youngest \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{double object pronouns}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{direct and indirect object pronouns} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}replace nouns} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{indirect object pronouns singular:} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}me, te, le (se)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{indirect object pronouns plural:} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}nos, os, les (se)} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{direct object pronouns} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}lo, la, los, las} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{if object pronouns are used together} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}indirect before direct pronoun} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{indirect ojbect pronouns le and les} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}always change when coming before all direct pronouns} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{se can be clarified by} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}subject pronouns in third tenses} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{double object pronouns {\bf{(DOPs)}}:} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}are to be placed before a conjugated verb} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{with infinitives and present participles, double object pronouns can:} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}be placed before conjugated verb or attatched to the end} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{accent marks} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}added to maintain stress in DOPs attatched to infinitives and present participles} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-paper-plane\}\} tidbits to compare and superb}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{when grande and pequeno/a refer to {\bf{age}},} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}use the {\bf{irregular}} comp/super forms, mayor/menor} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{when grande and pequeno/a refer to {\bf{size}},} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}use regular forms mas grande/mas pequeno/a.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{bien and mal} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}have same comparative forms as bueno/a and malo/a.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{saber and conocer}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{saber means} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}{\bf{knowing}} a fact or facts, pieces of information, or knowing how to do something.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{conocer means} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}to be {\bf{familiar}} with; expresses familiarity or acquaintance (or lack thereof) with a person, place, or thing.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.39518 cm} p{0.63693 cm} x{1.00089 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{saber and conocer conjugation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{fa-bell\}\} & saber & conocer \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} yo & se & cono{\bf{zco}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tu & sabes & conoces \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ud/el/ella & sabe & conoce \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nosotros/as & sabemos & conocemos \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} vosotros/as & sabeis & conoceis \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} uds/ellos/ellas & saben & conocen \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-paper-plane\}\} tidbits {\bf{to know}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{when direct object of conocer is a {\bf{person/pet}}, the personal a is used.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{the {\bf{yo}} forms of saber and conocer are irregular in the present tense.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.61351 cm} x{1.81949 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{verbs that have the '-zco' like conocer}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ofrecer (to offer) & ofrezco \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} paracer (to seem) & parezco \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} conducir (to drive) & conduzco, {\bf{-cimos, -cis}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} traducir (to translate) & traduzco, {\bf{-cimos, -cis}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{conductir and traducir are -ir verbs, so they differ in their nos- and vos- forms.} \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}{comparatives, superlatives}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{comparisons of inequality are formed} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}by placing {\bf{mas}} or {\bf{menos}} before adverbs, adjectives, or nouns, and {\bf{que}} after them.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{comparisons with numerical values} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}use {\bf{de}} before the number being used.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{verbs with comparisons of inequality} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}{[}verb{]} + mas/menos que} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{mas (que)} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}more (than)} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{menos (que)} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}less (than)} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{comparisons of equality are formed} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}{\bf{tan}} + {[}adv,adj{]} + {\bf{como}}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{comparisons of equality are formed} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}{\bf{tanto/a(s)}} + {[}sing. noun, plur.noun{]} + {\bf{como}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{verbs with comparisons of equality} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}formed by placing {\bf{tanto como}} after the verb (tanto does not conform to number or gender)} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{tanto como} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}as much as} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{superlatives}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{el/la/los/las + {[}noun{]} + mas/menos + {[}adjective{]} + de} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{definite article overshadows the noun} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{de = in or of} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{noun can be ommitted if it is clear to who/what superlative refers to} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{absolute superlatives}} ends in -isimo, which is equivalent to extremely/very + {[}adj or adv{]}. {\bf{sp-ch}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}