\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{Siffi (Siffi)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (imperfect-tense.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Siffi (Siffi)) /Subject (Imperfect Tense 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}{3E6AA3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F2F5F9} \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{Imperfect Tense Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Siffi (Siffi)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/122609/cs/47838/}}} \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}Siffi (Siffi) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/siffi} \\ \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 17th March, 2026.\\ 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{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{10.0166 cm} x{7.2534 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VT 1}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Add i behind u, y, o, {\"o} for verbs ending in u{\"a}, y{\"a}, {\"o}{\"a}, oa & San{\bf{o}}n -\textgreater{} sano{\bf{i}}n \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Remove -e/-{\"a} then add -i for verbs ending in -ea,-e{\"a}, {\"a}{\"a} & S{\"a}{\"a}sst{\"a}n -\textgreater{} s{\"a}{\"a}st{\bf{i}}n \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} For 2 syllable words that have an a in both syllables, replace a in the 2nd syllable with oi & M{\bf{a}}ks{\bf{a}}n -\textgreater{} maks{\bf{oi}}n \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Verbs ending in -ltaa, -lt{\"a}{\"a}, rtaa, rt{\"a}{\"a}, ntaa, nt{\"a}{\"a} (VV taa/VV t{\"a}{\"a}) one letter (a/{\"a}) removed then add -si & Lenn{\"a}n -\textgreater{} len{\bf{si}}n \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{STRONG:}} basic form, H{\"a}n, he} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\emph{weak:}} min{\"a}, sin{\"a}, me, te} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{8.635 cm} x{8.635 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{TLDR VT1}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{General rule is}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{O, {\"o} , u, y STAY} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{A,{\"a}, e, I REMAIN} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{2 syllable words both with a change to o} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{EXCEPTIONS:}} lt{\"a}{\"a}/itaa, ntaa/nt{\"a}{\"a}, rtaa, rt{\"a}{\"a} -\textgreater{} remove 2 letters before personal ending, replace with -si} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Verbs: kielt{\"a}{\"a}, k{\"a}{\"a}nt{\"a}{\"a}, rakentaa, ty{\"o}nt{\"a}{\"a}, siirt{\"a}{\"a}, piirt{\"a}{\"a}, huutaa, l{\"o}yt{\"a}{\"a}, pyyt{\"a}{\"a}, tuntea, tiet{\"a}{\"a}, taitaa & Kielsin, k{\"a}{\"a}nsin, rakensin, ty{\"o}nsin, siirsin, piirsin, huusin, l{\"o}ysin,pyysin, tunsin, tiesin, taisin \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Imperfekti}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{To express a task that has started in the past and now completely over/finished} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{12.089 cm} x{5.181 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VT 2}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{1 of the long vowels go away, then add i} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} S{\bf{y{\"o}}}n - 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