What is "Iconic"?
Give me the ice cream!
What is "you-GIVE-me ICE-CREAM"?
What is "PAST WE PLAY HOCKEY"?
I will paint this town red!
What is "FUTURE ME PAINT THIS TOWN RED"?
The alligator ate the car.
What is "Sign ALLIGATOR, then choose a handshape to represent the alligator, then sign CAR and choose a handshape for the car. Move hands to show alligator eating the car"?
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What is "Arbitrary"?
Don't ask me!
What is "(shake-head) ASK-me"?
The house sold a long time ago.
What is "LONG-TIME-AGO HOUSE SELL"?
I'm cooking tonight.
What is "TONIGHT ME COOK"?
The mouse fell into the soup.
What is "Sign SOUP then choose a handshape to represent the soup. Sign MOUSE then choose a handshape to represent the mouse. Show the mouse falling into the soup"?
What is "Initialized and Arbitrary"?
Help her!
What is "you-HELP-her!"?
I recently learned to sign.
What is "RECENTLY ME LEARN SIGN"?
I'm going to the library tomorrow.
What is "TOMORROW ME GO LIBRARY"?
The elephant is inside the mini-van.
What is "Fingerspell MINI-VAN then choose a handshape to represent the van. Sign ELEPHANT, then choose a handshape to represent the elephant. Put the elephant inside the mini-van.
TRIGONOMETRY - this sign fits into 2 categories. Name both.
What are "Initialized and arbitrary"?
Show me the money!
What is "you-SHOW-me MONEY"?
I used to be young, now I'm old.
What is "USED-TO ME YOUNG, NOW ME OLD"?
I will be 15 years old next year.
What is "NEXT-YEAR ME YEARS-OLD 15"
Daisy has a purple mohawk.
What is "Fingerspell DAISY, sign HAIR, then sign PURPLE then choose a classifier to represent the mohawk and move the hand to show the placement and shape of the mohawk"?
STRANGER. This sign fits into two categories. Name both.
What are "Compound and arbitrary"?
Tell me the truth!
What is "TELL-me TRUTH"?
I painted her portrait last week.
What is "LAST-WEEK ME PAINT HER FACE"?
I eat fish and chips every Friday.
What is "EVERY-FRIDAY ME EAT FISH N CHIP"?
John was walking, tripped over a pole and fell on the ground.
What is "Fingerspell JOHN, choose a handshape to represent John. Fingerspell POLE, choose a handshape to represent the pole. Show John walking, tripping over the pole and falling to the ground"?