\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{wisedi} \pdfinfo{ /Title (french-grammar.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (wisedi) /Subject (French Grammar 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}{5E0FA3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F4F0F9} \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{French Grammar Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{wisedi} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/204556/cs/43794/}}} \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}wisedi \\ \uline{cheatography.com/wisedi} \\ \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 4th July, 2024.\\ 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. 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vend{\bf{ons}}\{\{nl\}\}mord{\bf{ons}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & {\bf{-ez}} & vend{\bf{ez}}\{\{nl\}\}mord{\bf{ez}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{ils/elles} & {\bf{-ent}} & vend{\bf{ent}}\{\{nl\}\}mord{\bf{ent}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{0.912 cm} x{3.268 cm} x{3.42 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Regular -ir verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je & {\bf{-is}} & fin{\bf{is}}\{\{nl\}\}chois{\bf{is}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & {\bf{-is}} & fin{\bf{is}}\{\{nl\}\}chois{\bf{is}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{il/elle} & {\bf{-it}} & fin{\bf{it}}\{\{nl\}\}chois{\bf{it}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{-issons}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & fin{\bf{issons}}\{\{nl\}\}chois{\bf{issons}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & {\bf{-issez}} & fin{\bf{issez}}\{\{nl\}\}chois{\bf{issez}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{ils/elles} & {\bf{-issent}} & fin{\bf{issent}}\{\{nl\}\}chois{\bf{issent}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{-eler, -eter}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} j'appe{\bf{ll}}e\{\{nl\}\}tu appe{\bf{ll}}es\{\{nl\}\}il/elle appe{\bf{ll}}e\{\{nl\}\}nous appe{\bf{l}}ons\{\{nl\}\}vous appe{\bf{l}}ez\{\{nl\}\}ils/elles appe{\bf{ll}}ent & je je{\bf{tt}}e\{\{nl\}\}tu je{\bf{tt}}es\{\{nl\}\}il/elle je{\bf{tt}}e\{\{nl\}\}nous je{\bf{t}}ons\{\{nl\}\}vous je{\bf{t}}ez\{\{nl\}\}ils/elles je{\bf{tt}}ent \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{-eler, -eter}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je g{\bf{è}}le\{\{nl\}\}tu g{\bf{è}}les\{\{nl\}\}il/elle g{\bf{è}}le\{\{nl\}\}nous g{\bf{e}}lons\{\{nl\}\}vous g{\bf{e}}lez\{\{nl\}\}ils/elles g{\bf{è}}lent & j'ach{\bf{è}}te\{\{nl\}\}tu ach{\bf{è}}tes\{\{nl\}\}il/elle ach{\bf{è}}te\{\{nl\}\}nous ach{\bf{e}}tons\{\{nl\}\}vous ach{\bf{e}}tez\{\{nl\}\}ils/elles ach{\bf{è}}tent \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.268 cm} x{2.204 cm} x{2.128 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Semi-regular -aindre/-eindre/-oindre verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{CRAINDRE}}\{\{nl\}\}to fear\{\{nl\}\}~ & {\bf{PEINDRE}}\{\{nl\}\}to paint & {\bf{JOINDRE}}\{\{nl\}\}to join \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} je crain{\bf{s}} & je pein{\bf{s}} & je join{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tu crain{\bf{s}} & tu pein{\bf{s}} & tu join{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} on crain{\bf{t}} & on pein{\bf{t}} & on join{\bf{t}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nous cr{\emph{aig{\bf{}}nons}} & nous p{\emph{eig{\bf{}}nons}} & nous j{\emph{oig{\bf{}}nons}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} vous cr{\emph{aig{\bf{}}nez}} & vous p{\emph{eig{\bf{}}nez}} & vous j{\emph{oig{\bf{}}nez}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ils cr{\emph{aig{\bf{}}nent}} & ils p{\emph{eig{\bf{}}nent}} & ils j{\emph{oig{\bf{}}nent}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{rejoindre (to meet up) \newline contraindre (to force) \newline se plaindre (to complain) \newline éteindre (to turn off / to switch off) \newline dépeindre (to depict) \newline feindre (to feign) \newline geindre (to whimper)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.116 cm} x{2.356 cm} x{2.128 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Semi-regular -oyer/-ayer/-uyer verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{ESSAYER}}\{\{nl\}\}to try\{\{nl\}\}~ & {\bf{NETTOYER}}\{\{nl\}\}to clean & {\bf{ESSUYER}}\{\{nl\}\}to wipe \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} j'essa{\bf{i}}e & je netto{\bf{i}}e & j'essu{\bf{i}}e \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tu essa{\bf{i}}es & tu netto{\bf{i}}es & tu essu{\bf{i}}es \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} on essa{\bf{i}}e & on netto{\bf{i}}e & on essu{\bf{i}}e \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nous essa{\bf{y}}ons & nous netto{\bf{y}}ons & nous essu{\bf{y}}ons \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} vous essa{\bf{y}}ez & vous netto{\bf{y}}ez & vous essu{\bf{y}}ez \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ils essa{\bf{i}}ent & ils netto{\bf{i}}ent & ils essu{\bf{i}}ent \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{For verbs in {\bf{-AYER}}, in spoken French an alternative version where the "y" is kept for all forms is frequently used: \newline je pa{\bf{y}}e, il essa{\bf{y}}e} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Semi-regular -ger verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je & man{\bf{e}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & mang{\bf{es}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle & man{\bf{e}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous & man{\bf{{\emph{ge}}ons}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & mang{\bf{ez}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles & mang{\bf{ent}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{ranger (to tidy up) \newline changer (to change) \newline voyager (to travel) \newline corriger (to correct/mark) \newline obliger (to force) \newline nager (to swim) \newline mélanger (to mix) \newline bouger (to move)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Semi-regular -cer verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je & lanc{\bf{e}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & lanc{\bf{es}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle & lanc{\bf{e}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous & lan{\emph{ç{\bf{}}ons}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & lanc{\bf{ez}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles & lanc{\bf{ent}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Verbs that follow the pattern: \newline lancer (to throw) \newline relancer (to throw back) \newline placer (to place) \newline commencer (to begin) \newline prononcer (to pronounce) \newline menacer (to threaten) \newline pincer (to pinch)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.6 cm} x{4.4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular -tir verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je & par{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & par{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle & par{\bf{t}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous & par{\bf{tons}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & par{\bf{tez}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles & par{\bf{tent}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Verbs that follow the pattern: \newline partir (to leave) \newline sortir (to go out) \newline ressortir (to go out again) \newline sentir (to smell) \newline se sentir (to feel) \newline mentir (to lie) \newline repartir (to leave again)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.28 cm} x{4.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular -mir verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je & dor{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & dor{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle & dor{\bf{t}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous & dor{\bf{{\emph{m}}ons}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & dor{\bf{{\emph{m}}ez}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles & dor{\bf{{\emph{m}}ent}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Verbs that follow the pattern: \newline dormir (to sleep) \newline s'endormir (to fall asleep) \newline endormir (to put {[}someone{]} to sleep) \newline se rendormir (to fall back to sleep)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular -uire verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je & cond{\bf{uis}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & cond{\bf{uis}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle & cond{\bf{uit}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous & cond{\bf{uisons}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & cond{\bf{uisez}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles & cond{\bf{uisent}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{produire (to produce) \newline cuire (to bake/cook) \newline traduire (to translate) \newline construire (to construct/build) \newline détruire (to destroy) \newline séduire (to seduce) \newline déduire (to deduct)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.28 cm} x{4.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular -vir verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je & ser{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu & ser{\bf{s}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle & ser{\bf{t}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous & ser{\bf{{\emph{v}}ons}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous & ser{\bf{{\emph{v}}ez}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles & ser{\bf{{\emph{v}}ent}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{servir (to serve) \newline se servir de (to use {[}something{]}) \newline resservir (to serve up again / to give a second helping) \newline se resservir (to get a second helping) \newline desservir (to clear {[}the table{]} / to do a disservice / to service)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Le Passé Composé}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.84 cm} x{4.16 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Avoir verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} j'ai & été (être) \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu as & eu (avoir) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle a & fait (faire) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous avons & donné (-er) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous avez & fini (-ir) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles ont & entendu (-dre) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{6.16 cm} x{1.84 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} voir\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to see}} & vu \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} devoir\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to have to}} & dû \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pouvoir\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to be able to}} & pu \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} boire\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to drink}} & cru \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} savoir\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to know}} & su \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} lire\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to read}} & lu \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plaire\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to like/to please}} & plu \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} taire\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{to silence/keep quiet}} & tu \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ouvrir\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{and derivatives}} & ouvert \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} craindre\{\{nl\}\}peindre, etc & crain{\bf{t}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mettre\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{and derivatives}} & mis \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.16 cm} x{3.84 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Être verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} je suis & né (naître) \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tu es & resté(e) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} il/elle est & mort(e) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nous sommes & décédés \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vous êtes & resté(e)s \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ils/elles sont & devenu(e)s \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Verbes avec être comme auxiliaire}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} aller & venir \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} arriver & tomber \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} demeurer & sortir \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} descendre & revenir \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} devenir & retourner \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} entrer & rester \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} monter & rentrer \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} mourir & passer \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} naître & partir \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}