Lesson 30 American Sign Language (ASL)

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Objectives:

___ I am familiar with "Classifier: B"
___ I am able to discuss Laurent Clerc
___ I have taken the Lesson 30 Practice Quiz
___ I have taken the general practice quiz for this lesson. See: PRACTICE QUIZZES
___ You have reached the end of "Level 2." The next lesson begins "ASL 3" See: Lesson 31

For a slightly different video of Lesson 30 see: https://youtu.be/DEkPVqMTRsI

Vocabulary:

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CELL-PHONE
DRAWER-[dresser]
ELEVATOR
FLOOR
FURNITURE
GIVE-UP-[sacrifice]
JANITOR
MACHINE-[factory]
MEASURE-["size," "+person =engineer"]
MEETING
PREFER
RESPONSIBLE
RESTAURANT
SALESPERSON
START-[begin, initiate]
VET
WALL
WATCH-[wristwatch, also see: bracelet]
WAY-[street, road, avenue] [compare with: "HALL"]

Review Vocabulary

Expansion Vocabulary

BUILDING-[L30] | IT-[point]-[L30] | WEEK-[every]-["weekly"]-[L12]

Practice:

Practice sheet: 30.A
01. YOUR SOCK DRAWER, what-COLOR?
02. THIS BUILDING HAVE ELEVATOR?
03. THIS BUILDING, FLOORS, HOW-MANY?
04. YOUR HOUSE, FURNITURE, what-COLOR?
05. EMAIL, YOU GIVE-UP FROM-NOW-ON FOR $200,000 YOU?

Practice sheet: 30.B
06. JANITOR THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW HIS/HER NAME?
07. CAR MACHINE-[engine], YOU KNOW HOW F-I-X?
08. SHOE what-SIZE YOU?
09. WEEK-[every] MEETING HOW-MANY YOU? (Every week, how many meetings do you go to?)
10. HAIR, YOU PREFER what-COLOR?

Practice sheet: 30.C
11. YOU THINK MOST SELL-AGENT FRIENDLY?
12. YOU START LEARN LEARN SIGN, WHEN? (When did you start learning how to sign?)
13. SUPPOSE YOUR DOG SICK, YOU CARRY VET? (If your dog gets sick do you take it to the veterinarian?)
14. IT WALL, what-COLOR?
15. YOUR _______, COST HOW-MUCH? [fill in the blank]

Practice sheet: 30.D
16. YOUR HOUSE, STREET, what-NAME?
17. YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT WHAT?
18. SUPPOSE THIS CLASS YOU FAIL, RESPONSIBLE WHO?
19. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, YOU what-DO?
20. YOUR FAMILY ANY MEASURE+AGENT-[engineer]? (Are there any engineers in your family?)

Additional Information:

Practice ideas:

Substitution Drills:

JANITOR THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW HIS/HER NAME?
[Point at a student], YOU KNOW HIS/HER NAME?
TEACHER, YOU KNOW HIS/HER NAME?
YOU KNOW MY NAME?

THIS BUILDING HAVE ELEVATOR?
THIS BUILDING HAVE CANDY MACHINE?
THIS BUILDING HAVE COFFEE MACHINE?
THIS BUILDING HAVE BATHROOM?

Signing Notes:

Note: Suppose your partner asks you how much your watch costs and you don't know because it was a gift, you might answer, "DON'T KNOW, DAD he-GIVE-me."

Note: You can use the sign "measure" can be modified to mean "size" or "measurement." To do this the sign starts with the thumbs separated by about an inch from each other then moves together so that the thumbs touch, then repeats once.

The sign MEASURE+AGENT-(engineer) starts with the thumbs touching and twists (pivoting at the thumb) so that the pinkies move up and down in an alternating fashion.

To sign "IT" as in "IT WALL COLOR," just point at any nearby wall. Using "IT" in this manner is the equivalent of saying the English word "the."

The concept of WEEKLY or every-WEEK is expressed by repeating the sign "WEEK."

Discussion:
Grammar notes / supplementary information not needed for the ASL 2 course:

Regarding: YOU START LEARN LEARN SIGN WHEN?

The double LEARN in this sentence provides an example of use of repetition to create a present participle. In English, when you add "-ing" to a verb like "learn" to form "learning," you are using either the gerund or present participle form of the verb, depending on its role in the sentence. In our example, "LEARN" is signed twice to become "learning" in the sentence "When did you start learning sign?"

This sort of usage when it happens after a verb like START creates what is called a "present participle." (Or in other words a "continuous tense" of a verb or an ongoing verb).

If we sign LEARN LEARN TRUE IMPORTANT the double LEARN process forms a gerund (a noun that is formed by adding "ing" to a verb) and results in a meaning such as: "Learning is important" -- or if you use a non-manual marker for emphasis you create "Learning is really important!"

If you sign "IX-me LEARN LEARN" the double movement of LEARN forms a present participle or in other words it forms a continuous verb -- for example: "I am learning."

Both forms use the same "-LEARN LEARN" process, but their grammatical results differ a bit in the role that the resulting concept plays (noun vs verb) in the resulting sentence.

Could you just sign "YOU START LEARN SIGN WHEN?"
Yes. That would result in a meaning similar to: "You started to learn sign when?" That sentence has a subtle difference in meaning that perhaps implies that you may have stopped learning (but not necessarily). If you use LEARN LEARN it leans toward implying that your learning is ongoing.

Also, lately more and more people are using this sign: https://youtu.be/R2E_5gXaIpE for "signing" -- but it is certainly worth knowing both versions for the foreseeable future.

Quizzes:

Self-study students, see: Lesson 30 Practice Quiz
Taking this as a class? Contact your local teacher or see your syllabus for the right quiz to take.

You have reached the end of "Level 2." The next lesson begins "ASL 3" See: Lesson 31

Notes:

The signs ELEVATOR (Lesson 18), PREFER (Lesson 03), and RESTAURANT (Lesson 23) also appear in earlier vocabulary lists; they are included here again as part of this lesson's set. The source page's combined vocabulary list includes the entries "Practice" and "sheet" as separate linked items; those entries have been kept as found.

ASL: Lesson 30