Noun-Verb Pairs
Which parameter changes when signing a noun or a verb in a Noun-Verb Pair?
What is Movement
What is the number 21 in ASL?
Sign number 21.
What is the color green in ASL?
Sign green.
What is sign for Good in ASL?
Sign Good.
This is the sign for WHO in ASL (when it is a question, such as "Who are you?").
Sign Who.
Typically signed twice in a Noun-Verb Pair.
What is a noun?
What is the number 33 in ASL?
Sign number 33.
What is the color white in ASL?
Sign white.
This is the difference between Hello and Good-bye in ASL.
Sign HELLO and GOOD-BYE.
What is the sign for Where in ASL, when it is a question? Example: "Where is my pen?"
Sign Where.
An action word that shows direction and movement.
What is a directional verb?
What is the number 67 in ASL?
Sign number 67.
What is the color pink in ASL?
Sign pink.
This parameter changes if you are signing NAME or CALLED.
What is Movement?
When signing a WH question (also known as an open-ended question) the eyebrows should do this....
What is be furrowed or be down and together.
This is signed once in a Noun Verb Pair
What is a Verb?
What is the number 89 in ASL?
Sign number 89.
What is the color black in ASL?
Sign black.
What is the sign for Good morning in ASL?
Sign Good morning.
This is the difference between an open-ended question and a closed-ended question in ASL.
What is the eyebrows?
Closed-ended = up
Open ended = down
When there are two related concepts, a noun and a verb, which are signed using all the same parameters except movement.
What is a noun verb pair?
What is the number 100 in ASL?
Sign number 100.
What is the sign for "color" in ASL?
Sign "color ".
When greeting someone with "GOOD NIGHT" in ASL, this hand moves.
What is the Dominant Hand?
This is the sign for "WHICH" in ASL.
Sign Which.