A Basic Course in American Sign Language Full Class: Week 17

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American Sign Language 2: Week Eight

Lesson 20 Vocabulary

• Add to, additional

• Admit, confess, willing, suggest

• Adult

• Audience

• Because

• Since

• Brave

• Bug, insect

• Change, alter, modify

• Close door

• Control, manage, direct, reign

• Count

• Deny

• Divide, split

• Equal, even, fair

• Exchange, switch, trade, substitute

• Follow

• Forbid, illegal, prohibited

• Honest, truth

• Honor

• #IF

• Keep, be careful

• Less, reduce

• Let, allow, permit

• Limit restrict

• Mean, cruel

• Measure

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Conditional Sentences: Suppose

• The conditional clause
• Always at the beginning of the sentence
• Must clearly describe the condition
• The outcome of the condition
• Always in the second part of the sentence
• Can be a question, statement, or command
• Though there is flexibility in the ordering of conditional clauses in English, ASL always states the condition first followed by the outcome

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Conditional Sentences

• Non-manual signals
• Raise eyebrows
• Tilt head
• Hold the last sign of the first clause

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Conditional Sentences: Suppose: Examples

• SUPPOSE HE SHOW-UP, WHAT-DO YOU?
• If he shows up, what are you going to do about it?
• SUPPOSE SHE SEE ME, ME MUST LEAVE.
• I will have to leave if she sees me.
• SUPPOSE TONIGHT SNOW, TOMORROW YOU CANCEL SCHOOL.
• If it snows tonight then you will cancel school tomorrow.

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Conditional Sentences: If

• #IF is also used to construct a conditional clause
• Can be used interchangeably with SUPPOSE, but is often used to give greater emphasis to a condition
• #IF or SUPPOSE can be omitted because the non-manuals are used and provide the same meaning

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Conditional Sentences: If: Examples

• #IF SHE CAN’T COME, YOU LOSE TICKET.
• If she can’t come, you lose the ticket.
• Can be used as a warning
• Emphasizes consequences
• #IF YOU WIN GAME, YOUR TEAM CHAMPION.
• If you win the game, your team will be the champions.
• Emphasizes consequences

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Rhetorical Questions

• When a signer asks a question and then answers it. A common grammatical structure. There is no expectation that someone else will answer the questions. They often make use of wh-questions such as WHY and HOW. A proper translation to English will seldom include a direct reference to these signs. WHY is often translated “because” and “yes” is usually omitted.

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Rhetorical Questions

• Non-manual signals
• Eye contact with the addressee
• Raised eyebrows
• Head tilted forward
• Hold the last sign of the rhetorical question before answering it

Chapter Twenty: Common Sentence Structures- Rhetorical Questions: Examples

• ME TAKE-UP ASL WHY? ME ENJOY.
• I’m taking ASL because I enjoy it.
• ARRIVE HERE HOW? TRAIN.
• I rode the train here.
• MY MOTHER, LIVES WHERE? THERE, ARIZONA.
• My mother lives in Arizona.