Verbs
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Verbs
American Sign Language II
Verbs
• ASL has different kinds of verbs.– Plain verbs
• These verbs are the ones we have been working with where you have to state in the sentence the subject and object.
_______t– SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
EXAMPLE
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Verbs
• ASL has different kinds of verbs.– Plain verbs– Inflecting verbs
• See if you can figure out what an inflecting verb does that is different than a plain verb
EXAMPLE
MEYOU
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MEYOU
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MEYOU
HER
Verbs
• ASL has different kinds of verbs.– Plain verbs– Inflecting verbs
• Inflecting verbs allow the signer to indicate the subject and object by changing the direction of the movement of the sign
___________________y/n– SUBJECT-VERB-OBJECT
Verbs
• ASL has different kinds of verbs.– Plain verbs– Inflecting verbs – Spatial verbs
• See if you can figure out what an spatial verb does that is different than a plain verb or an inflecting verb.
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
Verbs
• ASL has different kinds of verbs.– Plain verbs– Inflecting verbs – Spatial verbs
• Like inflecting verbs, spatial verbs allow the signer to change the direction of movement of the sign to indicate location, but the subject and object must be specified.
_______t– SUBJECT VERB-direction OBJECT
So, to review…
Inflecting Verbs:
allow the signer to indicate the subject and object by changing the direction of the movement of the sign
Spatial Verbs:
allow the signer to indicate the subject and object by changing the direction of the movement of the sign