Classifiers
Classifier to show car driving up steep hill then stopping suddenly
(hs) 3 up-hill/ jerk back
Sign: Absorb the learning (soak up knowledge)
5hand to a fist to the forehead
Yesterday, my brother got sick at school.
YESTERDAY SCHOOL, BROTHER SICK.
Name the Country whose sign language influenced ASL.
France (French)
Sign: You missed it! I'm not repeating it!
Train+gone
Classifier a person going up the stairs pausing to rest
(hs) 1......up- rest
Sign: gullible
forehead wiggling of the fingers outward
Apples I prefer over oranges
Apple, Orange? I prefer Apples
What percentage of Deaf marriages are to other Deaf?
90%
BLOW-OUT- BRAINS means?
Cant recall or remember something obvious
pouring liquid from tall bottle into a cup (include spilling a bit)
hs- letter g
Sign: "Been there done that!"
touch+finish
Yes/No You attend Gallaudet next year?
raised eyebrow
What is the appropriate way to get a Deaf persons' attention who is across the room?
Wave gently in their peripheral
Sign; "Mind Your Business"
Private. look-away
person riding a bicycle weaving through traffic and falling off
Cl: than 1
Sign: "On the fence"
upside down u on the side of the non dominant hand (palm facing right)
Where did the Deaf club meet last year?
Wh-question
Where is ASL traditionally passed down from?
Residential school for the Deaf
Explain: "I just put my foot-in-my-mouth" in ASL
I shouldn't have said that! That was stupid!
show a robot lifting and stacking boxes
CL: 2
Sign: Expert/really good
"ba" flick variation
Sign; "In the kitchen, the apple is on the table: the bannan is in the bowl"
location first; kitchen, apple=table, banana where? bowl+cl:2 bent Bs
Signers use space in from of them to show what three things?
distance, time, and contrast
Sign; "I've had it up to here!"
Head-sliced-off