Practice sheet 26.A
1. YOU LIKE CLOTHES BRIGHT, DARK, WHICH?
2. FOR YOU SLEEP MUST DARK?
3. WHY DOG DIG FLOWER GROW (shift) GROW?  (flower garden)
4. YOU DON'T-CARE PEOPLE FACE?  (don't care about looks)
5. WHAT-KIND FLOWER YOU LIKE?

Practice sheet 26.B
6. FORGET PEOPLE NAME EASY YOU?
7. YOU THINK THIS CLASS FUN?
8. Every-SATURDAY GRASS MOW YOU?
9. YOUR BACKPACK HEAVY?
10. YOU AFRAID HIGH

Practice sheet 26.C
11. YOUR HOUSE PAY LOW?
12. YOU LIKE MOUNTAIN HIKE-(CL:V-"hiking up")
13. YOU LIKE STUDY OUTSIDE?
14. YOU LIKE TAKE-CARE-OF PLANT YOU?
15. YOUR FIRST TEACHER, YOU REMEMBER HIS/HER NAME ?

Practice sheet 26.D
16. HOW YOU UP-TO-NOW?  ("How have you been doing?")
17. YOUR HOUSE, FRONT FIELD-(yard) TREE HAVE?
18. UP-TO-NOW HOW-MANY ASL CLASS YOU TAKE-UP?
19. HOW OFTEN YOU LAUGH?
20. YOUR BACKPACK LIGHT-WEIGHT?


Note: "GROW (shift) GROW" means to sign "GROW" then move the sign a bit to the side and sign it again. This is a way of saying "garden." Some people sign "GROW" with a "G" handshape and call it an "initialized" form of the sign for garden, (I'd put that in the category of signed English rather than ASL). 

Note: When done with two hands and a slight back, down, forward arching movement, a version of the sign LOW can also mean "demote." 

Note: "MOW" is shown by doing a short little double movement that looks like you are pushing a lawn mower.

Review and/or Clarify:  [JUMP, DIVE, HIKE, WALK-TO]

Regional Dialects

Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins

Notes:
Note: "qm-w" stands for "question mark wiggle." That is the process of holding an "index finger / x" hand up at the end of a sentence and wiggling the index finger (flexing it a few times so it changes back and forth a few times from a slightly bent index finger to an "x" handshape).This sign is sometimes used to add a bit of doubt, incredulousness, or levity to questions.  As if to say, "I'm not so sure you are telling me the truth on that."

Note: When you see a sign glossed with an "!" exclamation point after it that means you should emphasize the sign. Sign it a bit faster and/or a bit more exaggerated than normal.

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