Family and Occupations

Unit 10

ASL I

TIME SIGNS/OTHERS NEVER MONTH YEAR #ALL HOW-OLD HOW+LONG FIRST-thumb START

Age Numbers Forming Age Numbers: combination of the

sign indicating age and the number itself. Touch index finger to chin and follow with the number.

Ranking by Age: Rank each child by age on your non-dominant hand. Oldest is represented by the thumb or index finger and continue down each finger.

PERSONAL PRONOUNSPronouns English ASLPersonal I/me index finger points

to yourselfyou index finger points

to the person you are talking to

he/she/it index finger points to him/her the person (if present) or to space

designating that person

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNSPronouns English ASLPossessive my/mine pat your chest with

B-handyour/yours B-hand faces the

person(s) you are talking to

his/her/its B-hand faces the third person (if present) or to space designating

that person

PRONOUNS THAT-ONE MY/MINE THEY-TWO US-TWO POSS

Dialogue A: ask how many brothers/sisters “B” has B: tell how many brothers/sisters A: ask where “B” ranks among siblings B: tell where, and give information:

Age Names Deaf/hearing Martial status Where live

YOU OLDEST

q

WHICH YOU [(wh) “number”/INDEX “which”]

whq

THEY DEAFANY MARRIED#ALL LIVE HOUSTON

q

WORKPLACES GOVERNMENT GAS PRISON MACHINERY FARM SCHOOL HOSPITAL

HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SURGERY BLOOD PRESSURE

OCCUPATIONS BASEBALL PLAYER SECRETARY RECEPTIONIST MAIL MAN FIREFIGHTER POLICE OFFICER DOCTOR DENTIST

NURSE ACCOUNTIST CARPENTER WELDER LAWYER LIBRAIAN JANITOR ARTIST

MORE OCCUPATIONS… ACTOR PLUMBER WAITRESS PHOTOGRAPHER ENGINEERER

TECHINICAN SCIENTIST COMPUTER

PROGRAMER PRINTER

WORK STATUS AUTHORITY MANAGER PRESIDENT PRINCIPAL

EMPLOYMENT STATUS STUDENT LOOKING-FOR WORK WORK RETIRED

HOW PEOPLE GET ALONG CLOSE GET-ALONG

NOT GET-ALONG ARGUE DISAGREEMENT OPPOSE

AGE NUMBERS 1 YEAR OLD 2 YEARS OLD 3 YEARS OLD 9 YEARS OLD 10 YEARS OLD 11 YEARS OLD

18 YEARS OLD 19 YEARS OLD 20 YEARS OLD 25 YEARS OLD 40 YEARS OLD 65 YEARS OLD