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So let's learn how to sign numbers. [Music]
This section is all about dates. So here's the breakdown of how dates are signed
first let's focus on the month, which I realize is letters and not numbers, so think of it as
a bonus lesson. For months with five letters or less they are fingerspelled in its entirety, but
with months that have more than five letters they are abbreviated. So this is what it looks like
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Now let's talk dates. Do you remember when we talked about before for numbers one through nine,
you have the twist for a first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth?
Well those can be used within signing a specific date but I should let it be known that I have
seen him just signed with first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth.
And notice I didn't add 'th' or the 'th' sounds whenever I did that, then for numbers above that
you were just signing the number 11, 12, 13, and so on for the days of the month. Now let's talk years
for years having to start with the teen amounts you are typically going to see them signed with
either the 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9 or a shake. From there you followed up with the number, say 1645,
1645. What about numbers in the 2000's? Well for 2000 through 2009,
you are going to sign it with a 2 0-0 and then pull to the next number, 1,
two zero-zero two, two zero-zero three, two zero-zero four, two zero-zero five, six, seven,
eight, and nine. Then from numbers 2010 and on you are going to sign 20 and then the
number. So let's put it all together. What would January 15, 1995 look like? It would look like this.
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Let's look at one more. What about May 5th, 2009?
Now it's time to move on to your receptive quiz.
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the lesson from our course on numbers in ASL. In this quiz, I'm going to sign you a date. Here we go.
Number one.
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Number two. [Music]
Number three. [Music]
Number four. [Music]
Number five. [Music]
All right let's check your answers. Number one, February 15, 1945. Number two. October, 30th 1678.
Number three. March 9th, 2009. Number four. August 23rd, 1895.
Number five. June 5th, 1990. Awesome! Now move on to your expressive quiz.
I'm going to give you a date to sign and then you'll check your answer number one July 3rd, 1960.
July 3rd, 1960.
Number two. January 20th, 1832.
January 20th, 1832.
Number three. December 15, 2002.
December 15, 2002.
December 15th, 2002.,
December 15th, 2002.
Number four. May 19, 2016.
May 19th, 2016.
Number five. April 7th, 1680. April 7th, 1680.
April 7th, 1680.
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