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Latest ASLU Upload: Time Signs in American Sign Language (ASL) Advanced Discussion
Intended audience: ASL 3 students or equivalent
Prerequisites: ASL 2
YouTube: https://youtu.be/yKCUw1JiH9k
This video covers:
1. MORNING vs all-MORNING vs every-MORNING
2. AFTERNOON vs all-AFTERNOON vs every-AFTERNOON
chop down tree vs AFTERNOON
concept:non-dominant hand / arm = horizon thus the sun moves but the horizon stays
3. NIGHT vs all-NIGHT vs every-NIGHT
4. DAY vs all-DAY vs every-DAY
add facial expression for specific feelings
DAY can use an index finger but all-DAY uses a flat hand
every-DAY vs GIRL GIRL
5. WEEK vs all-WEEK
downward slap and protracted sweep for "all"
Durative Time Signs: all-Morning all-AFTERNOON all-NIGHT
Continuous inflection of verbs
6. SIT vs SIT-long-time
7. WAIT vs WAIT-long-time
8. CLEAN vs CLEAN-up vs CLEAN-for-a-long-time
9. USE vs USE-continuing-over-time
technically you can show most of these with just two movements
10. WORK vs WORK-for-a-long-time
11. WORRY vs WORRY-for-a-long-time
Topic: Beginning and ending pairs
12. COALESCE-["C"-hands-version]
coalesce means come together
13 SPREAD-[spread-out]
visualize a Disneyland trip. Meet up at the front gate then spread out.
RIDES
TAKE-OFF
14. LEAVE-as-a-group-["C"-hands-version]["leave-and-go-somewhere-as-a-group"]
we will gather as a group then go to the first ride together
15. RETURN-as-a-group-["C"-hands-version]
16. ARRIVAL-[flight arrives/plane lands-here]
17. DEPARTURE-[flight departs/plane-take-off/fly-away]
18. START-[begin/initiate]
start vs show-up or pop-up
19. STOP
20. FINISH-[done/over/completed]
21. ARRIVE-[general-sign]
22. LEAVE-[two-handed-version]
exodus
version of LEAVE-[one-handed-index-hand]
leave in a hurry with facial plosive on the lips
23. COME-here-[1-handed-version]
24. AWAY-[go-away]-[one-handed-flat-hand-version]
25. GET-IN-[get-into-a-seat]
Disney trip get in a ride
get onto a bench
onto a horse
26. GET-OUT-[get-out-of]
27. TO
28. FROM
REVIEW 19:28
cool sign PASS-out Your mind leaves.