Lesson 9

NUMERICAL INCORPORATION:Many signs can include a number in the sign. Typical examples are: 3-weeks, 4-hours, 2-months.

COUCH: This sign is a combination of the sign “sit” and a classifier showing the general shape of a couch.

SAY:“What did he say?”vshearing-person/public

THERE: Just point with your index finger or the tip of a flat hand.

WHAT-KIND: You do not need to use a separate sign for “what” in the sign “WHAT-KIND.” Just furrow your eyebrows a bit. This sign can also mean “type of”

Practice Sheet 9.A

1. YOU LIVE BASEMENT APT?

Notes:

Generally just spell: T-U-B

NOT-MATTERDEPENDS

2. YOU PREFER BATH, SHOWER, WHICH?

AND: Note, the sign “AND” is often not needed or is expressed in a different way. For example you can often use the sign “both.”

3. YOUR BATHROOM HAVE TUB AND SHOWER?

SEPARATE / apart

WITH = TOGETHER The sign “together” is the same as the sign “with.”

If you rock the sign “WITH” forward twice it means “to go steady (dating steadily).”

4. YOU TOGETHER SOMEONE?

5. YOUR COUCH, COLOR?

WHITE TAN BROWN BLUE

BASEMENT

BATHTUB

COUCH

SEPARATE

SHOWER

(Do first practice sheet.)

Often times in ASL we will ask a “set up” question. And then we will ask the rest of the question if the person nods “yes.”

Note: There is a type of sign known as a “classifier.” Think of it as an ASL pronoun that represents a general class of things.* long and thin: pencil, pole* flat: paper, shelf* vehicles: cars, bikes

CL:3 is “classifier that uses a “3” handshape. The CL:3 classifier represents vehicles. The way they move or if they are parked.

GARAGE HAVE?

CL:3-(vehicle, "park")++ HOW-MANY CAN?

7. CAR HAVE? HOW-MANY DOORS?(Do you have a car? How many doors does it have?)

8. YOUR HOUSE, GARBAGE, WHO "throw out-(mime)"

9. YOUR DRYER, G-A-S, ELECTRIC WHICH?

10. (what) COLOR THAT TABLE?

GARAGE

GARBAGE

Note: Closet uses the same sign as door.

DRY

TABLE

Do practice sheet.

Practice Sheet 9.B

1. TOOTHPASTE, WHAT-KIND YOU?

2. YOU PREFER STOVE, MICROWAVE, WHICH?

You can show “doors” by using “B” handshapes. For example: "side-by-side-double-doors"Or you can show how they open. For example: top and bottom doors—you would grab the handle and swing open.

3. YOUR R-E-F CL:BB-"side-by-side-double-doors?"Notes:

REFRIGERATOR = R-E-F

“CL:” = a classifier that shows the shape of something—like a door.

4. YOU BEFORE AMBULANCE YOU?

Deaf people prefer to hang out in the kitchen because the lighting is better.

5. WHY DEAF PREFER KITCHEN?

Note: there are two popular ways to sign “kitchen”

Silver / Tan / Gold / Green

Most deaf just spell SINKBut you can describe it if you want.

7. YOUR S-I-N-K, COLOR?

8. YOUR PANTS, PUT DRESSER, "HANG-UP-(mime or "x" hand on left index finger)" WHICH?

9. YOUR BATHROOM HAVE WINDOW?

MarriedSingleSeparated / separate / apartDivorced

10. YOUR PARENTS SEPARATE?

review…

BASEMENT

BATHTUB

COUCH

Note: Closet uses the same sign as door.

DOOR:Variations: open door, close door, closet, open-(general),

DRESSER

DRY

GARAGE

GARBAGE

KITCHEN

LIGHT-[lamp, lights-on, lights-off, headlights, BRIGHT, LIGHT-A-MATCH, emergency vehicle, ambulance, MICROWAVE]

REFRIGERATOR

SEPARATE

SHOWER

SINK

STOVE

TABLE

TOOTHPASTE

WINDOW

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