\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{thebuyan} \pdfinfo{ /Title (german.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (thebuyan) /Subject (German 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}{046D70} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{EFF5F6} \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 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{thebuyan} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/41423/cs/12561/}}} \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}thebuyan \\ \uline{cheatography.com/thebuyan} \\ \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 28th August, 2017.\\ 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*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.59501 cm} x{1.09848 cm} x{2.88351 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cases}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Use}} & {\bf{Example}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Nom.}} & Subject & {\emph{The dog}} eats meat. \{\{nl\}\} Can {\emph{the dog}} bark? \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Acc.}} & Direct Object & I love {\emph{the dog}}. \{\{nl\}\} Did she see {\emph{the dog}}? \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Dat.}} & Indirect Object & He gave {\emph{the dog}} a toy. \{\{nl\}\} Did you give {\emph{the dog}} its food? \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Gen.}} & \seqsplit{Possessive} & {\emph{The dog}}'s bed is there. \{\{nl\}\} Is that {\emph{the dog}}'s owner? \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Indefinite Article}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/thebuyan_1503687313_german ein chart.png}}} \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}{Definite Article}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/thebuyan_1503687673_german derdiedas table.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.14471 cm} x{3.83229 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Expressing Likes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{m{\"o}gen}} & lit. to like \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} usage & expresses {\emph{feelings}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sentence & 1. subj + MÖGEN + direct obj \{\{nl\}\} 2. subj + MÖGEN + clause \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} note & modal verb - can take infinitive verb as direct object \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{gern}} & lit. gladly; with pleasure (adverb) \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} usage & liking for an {\emph{activity}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sentence & 1. subj + verb + GERN + direct obj \{\{nl\}\} 2. subj + hab- + person + GERN (only works in the context of someone liking someone else) \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} note & no conjugation \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{gefallen}} & lit. to appeal to \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} usage & shows quick judgement, esp. in seeing and hearing \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sentence & 1. subj + GEFALLEN + indirect obj \{\{nl\}\} 2. indirect obj + GEFALLEN + subj \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} note & indirect object: noun doing the liking \{\{nl\}\} subject: noun being liked \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) \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}{Prepositions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Acc.}} & bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um, hindurch, pro, entlang \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Dat.}} & aus, au{\ss}er, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, gegenüber \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Two Way}} & an, auf, über, unter, hinter, vor, neben, zwischen \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Gen.}} & statt/anstatt, trotz, w{\"a}hrend. wegen, innerhalb, au{\ss}erhalb, diesseits, jenseits \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Two-Way Prepositions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Why is it called two-way?} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Both {\emph{accusative}} and {\emph{dative}} cases are used} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Are both cases interchangeable?} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}No, {\emph{context}} determines which one} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Context 1:}} No movement} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Dative case \{\{nl\}\} Ex: Ich bin {\emph{in einem}} Haus} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Context 2:}} Movement within a place} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Dative case \{\{nl\}\} Ex: Ich laufe {\emph{in einem}} Wald} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Context 3:}} Movement from one place to another} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Accusative case \{\{nl\}\} Ex: Ich gehe {\emph{in ein}} Haus} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}