Family Related Signs
MOTHER vs WOMAN parameter sign differences
What is location and movement
The girl is four years old.
ASL: GIRL ix AGE-4/OLD-4
I like learning
LEARN++ ME LIKE
I LIKE LEARN++
My mom has a Rolls Royce.
ASL: MY MOM ix HAVE fs-R-O-L-L-S R-O-Y-C-E
or
fs R-O-L-L-S R-O-Y-C-E MY MOM HAVE.
ASL 1: 14, 25, 36
ASL 2: Yes, my house is 150 years old
YES. MY HOUSE OLD 150.
Sign the following:
GRANDPA, MAN, SON, BROTHER, BOY
You must have correct parameters
My teacher is 32 years old
ASL: ^MY TEACHER IX OLD-32
I am short. You are tall. I am right. You are wrong.
ME SHORT ME. YOU TALL YOU... etc
I don't like bologna.
ASL: fs B-O-L-O-G-N-A ME DON'T-LIKE.
Today's date is March 26, 2031.
TODAY fs M-A-R-C-H 26 20,31
Sign: Those two are twin sisters.
ASL: TWO-THEM TWIN SISTER.
Yes, Melinda is 17 years old. Her dog is 2 years old.
ASL: IX fs-MELINDA AGE-17. pos-IX DOG OLD-2.
I am tired because I slept 3 hours last night.
ME TIRED WHY? LAST NIGHT 3-HR ME SLEEP ME
I read the book called "Deaf Like Me."
BOOK I READ QUOTE DEAF LIKE ME
I READ WHAT? BOOK QUOTE DEAF LIFE ME
ASL 1: (years) 1999, 2012
ASL 2: 728,921 people live in San Francisco.
ASL 1: abv 19,99, abv 20,12
ASL 2: 728,921 PEOPLE LIVE ix over there SF
My Uncle Jack is Deaf. His wife is hearing.
MY UNCLE fs: JACK-ix DEAF. HIS WIFE HEARING
Use Role Shifting/Space to contrast:
The sister is 3 and the brother is 8 years old. The two of them grew up in Vancouver.
ASL: SISTER OLD-3 rs BROTHER AGE-8. TWO-THEM GREW-UP WHERE? VANCOUVER
I don't like pink or red. Blue is my favorite color
ASL: (use space)
PINK rs RED, ME DISLIKE ME. MY FAVORITE WHAT? BLUE
Use rhetorical:
I like the watching Master Chef on TV.
TV ME LIKE WATCH WHAT? fs M-A-S-T-E-R C-H-E-F
Yes the first number is 33, the second is 25, and the third is 62.
(hand list) 1-OF-3 33, 2-OF-3 25, 3-OF-3 62.
My family has 3 Deaf members: my grandfather Edwin, My cousin Claire, and my niece Judy.
ASL: MY FAMILY HAVE 3 DEAF LIST 1: MY GRANDFATHER fs-EDWIN LIST 2: MY COUSIN fs-CLAIRE LIST 3: MY NIECE fs-JUDY
Peter is 5, Paul is 10, and Mary is 14. (Use the listing and proper age ordering in your response.)
ASL: 1-OF-3 fs-MARY AGE-14, 2-OF-3 fs-PAUL AGE-10, 3-OF-3 fs-PETER AGE-5
USE HANDLIST
Bob is happy, Bonnie is sad, and Brandon is sleeping.
ASL: 1-OF-3 fs-BOB HAPPY, 2-OF-3 fs-BONNIE SAD, 3-OF-3 fs-BRANDON SLEEP
Of the four of them, Sarah Robbins is the youngest. She likes cosmetology.
(hand list)
FOUR-THEM ix hand list (point to pinky) S-A-R-A-H R-O-B-B-I-N-S. ix (pinky) LIKE fs C-O-S-M-E-T-O-L-O-G-Y
ASL 1: I have 122 books.
ASL 2: (503) 994-1813
ASL 1: 122 BOOKS ME HAVE ME
ASL 2: (503) 994-1813 (PO out)