ASL Midterm

. two meanings of here

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Reversal in movement between close door and open door

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OH-I-SEE

Also used to show you understand (not an affirmative response!) YES is an affirmative response

FOR ME

Another way to ask someone to do something

What accompanies the question LOOK^LIKE?

Eyebrows squeezed together Head tilted slightly forward

Simple affirmative sentences like: YES. I. STUDENT. I accompanied by?

Head nodding

Simple negative sentences like NO, I NOT STUDENT. I accompanied by?

Head shaking

Possible variations on I STUDENT I

I STUDENT I I STUDENT STUDENT I

Another common use to express a negative?

NOT

With questions like: YOU STUDENT YOU ___q__?

Sometimes the subject pronoun is repeated (ex. I STUDENT I)

Questions that ask for information such as WHERE PAPER WHERE can also be used...

WHERE PAPER PAPER WHERE

"Yes" "No" Questions

___q___ Eyebrows raised Head tilted forward Eye contact (sometimes the subject pronoun is repeated @ the end of the sentence)

asking for information questions such as NAME YOU? (whq)

___whq___ Eyebrows squeezed together Head tilted forward Eye contact

Certain descriptive signs can be ___ to show ___ ___

altered specific detail (ex. the direction of stripes or length of a dress or skirt)

THERE when the place is not in sight

approximate direction

Colors may appear ___ ___ ___ a ____

before or after noun (ex. could be SEE WOMAN THERE, RED DRESS? or WOMAN THERE, DRESS RED?)

Modal such as MUST, SHOULD, CAN and WILL can be used in the following ways:

before the verb (ex. MUST PASS TEST I) after the verb (ex. PASS TEST MUST I) before the verb and repeated at the end of the sentence (MUST PASS TEST MUST I)

Some verbs change the ___ ___ ___ ___ to indicate the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

direction of their movement subject and object of the verb (ex. I HELP YOU. vs. I HELP HIM/HER)

Placement of NOT

ex.s NOT INTERESTED I INTERESTED, NOT I

WOW used to

indicate the degree of impact or reaction feels (ex. could be WOW in disgust or WOW in delight)

Subject or object of a sentence (___t___) can (should?) be ___ ___

introduced first

but* turning a push button on and off

is the same

THERE when there is a specific location

location is indicated and the signer looks directly at the object (short directional movement at the end of the sign)

. culture note with introducing yourself

offer first and last name hearing ability where you're from (which deaf school did you attend? for Deaf people)

To show ___t___ use use...

raised eyebrows while signing the topic!

Questions which ask for a yes or no answer can be answered by...

repeating the verb from the question (ex. [HAVE PENCIL YOU?] [YES, I HAVE I])

When turning on versus turning off use

reversal of the movement

___t___ represents the

subject or object of the sentence (ex. desk, man)

The mark ^ indicates

the contraction of two signs (ex. sign APPEARANCE and SAME are contracted to make LOOK^LIKE)

Some verbs like GO/COME, BRING/CARRY, MOVE change...

the direction of their movement to show the change of one location to another

___t___

topic marker (ex. ___SEE THERE MAN BEARD___, NICE HE) (ex. ___IT DESK__, PLEASE MOVE-THERE) represents the subject or object of a sentence!

Negatives of LIKE, WANT and KNOW can be made by...

twisting movement outward from the body

DON'T-MIND

used to make a polite request and ask if it's all right for you to do something (basically ask for a favor or ask for permission)

Verbs vs. nouns

verbs: single movement (some verbs have repeated) nouns: movement is repeated and smaller (in other words nouns are repeated and smaller) (ex. of verb w/movement CAR vs. DRIVE) (DRIVE bigger and repeated less CAR smaller and repeated more)

. important to say EXCUSE-ME when...

walking between two signers