Trick Signs
Classifiers
English vs ASL
100

How would you sign you have nothing?

Blow air.

100

Name 1 example where you would use a CL: bent V?

Wait(time) on vehicle, animal, to show crouching, etc...

100

What is Collectivism?

The idea that everyone puts the needs of the group before everyone else.

200

When should you use the Manny/mass sign?

When signing about a crowd.

200

What is Signers perspective?

When directions are signed from the signer's point of view.

EX: signers right would audiences left

200

Compared to English how would the sign "to-have" vary when talking "having to do something"?

You would use the sign "i-need" to-go do something. EX: I need to go to the bathroom.

300

Sign the main difference in to take a ride and to take a class.

(Sign In real life)

300

Where do you start when signing Spatial visualization?

From broad details to specific.  

300

What is the main cultural difference between the Deaf and hearing worlds

Collectivist and individualist ideals.

400

When is it appropriate to use the dollar twist?

When signing dollars 1-9.

400

How do you use the CL: Claw 5 for spatialization?

To help visualize the location of the objects being signed. 

400

Why is there no sign for station?

The sign is often incorporated in the sign so there is no need for adding "station"


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