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3 common verb types in ASL How do you use space to change meanings in ASL???? Plain verbs= “Have to point/index to indicate who or what” - a verb sign used with indexing or other pronouns to tell who did what to whom Examples: LAUGH, BE-RAISED, SMILE, OPEN-BOOK, TO - SMELL, BUY, THINK, ACT, TALK, CHAT Try to put these in ASL: Those four boys laughed at the girl. I bought a car last night. My teachers laughed at me. She smiled at me. I laughed at my mom. I was raised in Beaverton. Directional/Inflecting verbs= “Person to Person” A verb sign that indicates the people involved in the action by where the sign starts and stops in space. Can be used to “set up” a person in space to be referred to later The movement indicates two people in different spaces. Where the sign begins indicates the person doing the action, where it ends indicates the person who the action is being done to. Examples: TELL, ASK, GIVE, LOOK-AT, SHOW, HELP, GIVE-GIFT, PICK-ON, MAKE-FUN-OF, TEASE, JOIN Practice using in ASL sentences with different verb signs: 1. I- ___________- you 11. I- ___________- him 2. he- ___________- him 12. I- ___________- her 3. she- ___________- her 13. they- ___________- you 4. he- ___________- her 14. you- ___________- them 5. she- ___________- him etc. 6. she- ___________- you 7. he- ___________- you A VERB sign is always going to show an action!

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3 common verb types in ASLHow do you use space to change meanings in ASL????

Plain verbs= “Have to point/index to indicate who or what”- a verb sign used with indexing or other pronouns to tell who did what to whom

Examples: LAUGH, BE-RAISED, SMILE, OPEN-BOOK, TO - SMELL, BUY, THINK, ACT, TALK, CHATTry to put these in ASL:Those four boys laughed at the girl. I bought a car last night. My teachers laughed at me. She smiled at me. I laughed at my mom. I was raised in Beaverton.

Directional/Inflecting verbs= “Person to Person” A verb sign that indicates the people involved in the action by where the sign

starts and stops in space. Can be used to “set up” a person in space to be referred to later The movement indicates two people in different spaces. Where the sign begins indicates the person doing the action, where it ends

indicates the person who the action is being done to. Examples: TELL, ASK, GIVE, LOOK-AT, SHOW, HELP, GIVE-GIFT, PICK-ON, MAKE-FUN-OF, TEASE, JOIN

Practice using in ASL sentences with different verb signs: 1. I- ___________- you 11. I- ___________- him2. he- ___________- him 12. I- ___________- her3. she- ___________- her 13. they- ___________- you4. he- ___________- her 14. you- ___________- them5. she- ___________- him etc.6. she- ___________- you7. he- ___________- you8. you- ___________- me9. he- ___________- me10. she- ___________- me

Locational/Spatial verbs = “Place to Place” A verb sign that indicates the places/locations involved in the action by where the

sign starts and stops in space. Can be used to “set up” a place in space to be referred to later The movement indicates two places in different spaces. Where the sign begins indicates the beginning location, where it ends indicates

the ending location. Examples: MOVE, FLY-TO, COMMUTE-TO, ARRIVE, ENTER, MEET, BRING, GO-TO, DRIVE-TO

A VERB sign is always going to show an action!

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ASL 2 - October, 1999 Name__________________ Period__________PLAIN, DIRECTIONAL, OR LOCATIONAL VERBS???? STAR - Plain VerbsBOX - Directional VerbsUNDERLINE - Locational Verbs

COMMUTE-TO TELL-TO INFORM-TO

TO-IRON TO-THINK TO-SMELL

MISUNDERSTAND TO-BE-FRUSTRATED GO-TO

DRIVE-TO ARRIVE-AT ENTER

TTY-CALL-TO RESPECT-TO BUY

SEND-TO TO-BE-LATE ASK-TO

TALK-TO EXPLAIN-TO BRING-TO

MEET CHAT-WITH LAUGH

MAKE-FUN-OF LEAVE-QUICKLY COMPLAIN

BREAK LOOK-AT WASH

TO-HAVE TO-DIE PAY-TO

LOOK-FOR/SEARCH PICK-UP TO-ACT

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