What Sign is This?
Translation Part One
Years/Random Vocabulary
Discourse Mapping
Culture/Randoms
100

Leather

LEATHER

100

Translate this into ASL: My favorite month is July

ASL: JULY MY FAVORITE MONTH

100

Two signs for Light

LIGHT (color) / LIGHT (electricity) 

100

Translate into ASL: I brought the dog home from the vet

VET (loc) DOG I PICK-UP BRING-TO-HOME

VET (loc) DOG there I DRIVE-TO-PICK-UP BRING-TO-HOME

100

What is the sign for New York

NEW YORK

200

!FEW!

What is the sign for !FEW! Your example:

200

Translate into ASL: I don't have a backpack.

ASL: BACKPACK I HAVE NONE

200

Translate into ASL: We won in 1978 and 2004.

We won - shoulder shift (1978) (2004)

200

Translate into ASL: I have to pick up my uncle from the store and drop him off at his house.

STORE (loc) UNCLE there I DRIVE-TO PICK-UP - DROP-OFF-at-HOUSE

can set both locations at the beginning or house at the end

200

Guess my number between 1 - 100 (greater than / less than)

44

300

Signs for TALL and SHORT

TALL / SHORT

300

Translate into ASL: My grandma gave this ring to me.

ASL: MY GRANDMA, HER RING - GIVE-to-me

300

What year was last year?

2022

300

Translate into ASL: My friend picked up the three of us and drove to the movies.

MOVIES (loc) MY FRIEND COME-TO three-of-us PICK-UP DRIVE-TO-MOVIES

300

Your having a conversation with a deaf person.  How do you interrupt the conversation without appearing rude?

sign HOLD-ON, wait for acknowledgement, explain reasons, and then you can break eye contact

400

Fabric

FABRIC


400

Translate into ASL: I bought a leather jacket at the store yesterday

ASL: YESTERDAY STORE LEATHER JACKET I BOUGHT

400

Give me 3 different hair styles 

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400

Translate into ASL: My friends picked me up from school to go to volleyball practice.

SCHOOL (here) MY FRIEND COME-PICK-ME-UP GO-TO VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE 

400

List at least four directional verbs that can be used for transportation.

DRIVE-TO, TAKE-TO, DROP-OFF, BRING-TO, GO-TO, PICK-UP


500

Give me three sign of the word; RUN

the water is running

i'm running 5 miles today

i want to run for president position for aslhs

500

Translate into ASL: Last time I played soccer was 5 years ago in High School.

ASL: 5 YEARS AGO - HS - SOCCER I PLAY (last time)

500

Who is Thomas Gallaudet and Edward Gallaudet?

Founded ASD & son, founded Gallaudet Univ.

500

Translate into ASL: I have to go to class and drop off my homework and then go to the rec to workout.

CLASS I GO-TO HOMEWORK DROP-OFF, FINISH, REC I GO-TO WORKOUT

500

What is a name sign?  How do you get one?

A unique sign given to a person within a deaf community used to identify them.  A deaf person must give you a name sign.  This doesn't usually happen until you are involved in the deaf community.