Do you want to know how to ask questions in Asl? Create your own questions.
Sentences in Asl. Well, I must video.
I'm going to teach you how to make your own questions in ASL using the basic
grammar rules coming up.
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Let's jump right into it.
There are two basics and it structures just like in the classic basic sentence
structure and if you haven't seen that video, you can click and watch it up here.
Have time plus topic plus comment plus question.
That is the thing that has changed or topic,
post comment plus question and down here below you how you can see some four
variations.
Now these aren't the only variations that are possible with our topic comment
reference combination. But there you go.
But as you noticed the consistent thread is that the question is the very last
sign of you're not familiar with what each of these parts are.
The time to topic, the calm in the reference. Again, I have that same video,
the basic 10 structure that really breaks it down here for you. Really quickly.
We'll go over it.
Time equals the tents topic is the main subject of a sentence.
The comment or the action is the adjective or the verb.
And do you referent refers back to the topic that your are speaking about and
any subtopics.
And the question is the question word or the question phrase a question where it
could be a wh question word or a yes, no question. Word.
And sometimes particularly with yes, no questions. You can have.
Uh, two,
two words being your question phrase.
Let's go over the wh questions. Signs
really quickly. Who, what
I remember what has several variations on how you're going to
see it's signed, what, what, what, what, what
you can see we asked that question quite a bit. Where
when, yeah,
why and you can also see, right?
Why, why or why, how,
how much, how many,
what do for for will and what kind.
Those are your [inaudible] questions
science really quickly.
Do you remember what your eyebrows and your head are supposed to do when you
signed the wh question words you fro your eyebrows and you tilt your Chin
forward. Who, where, when,
what like that
for? Yes. No questions.
There's not one particular question sign that you're going to sign to indicate
that it's yes. No.
The way you indicated is with a raised eyebrow and tilt your head
forward. You go
like that or two examples of yes, no questions.
Now if I didn't have my eyebrows for a party go,
it's saying I'm going to the party and if I didn't have my eyebrows for shoe
like it means I like the shoes so if I'm raising my eyebrows I can ask or do you
like them? Now this is also an understood you. Um,
shoes like I don't have to say you like if you want extra clarification you can
add that you like, it's not wrong,
but it's better to be more simple and go shoo. Like,
and I'm going to hold it just a tiny bit longer than I would with my regular
science.
Now let's take some English sentences and translate them into ASL was our first
sentence. Do you like fish?
Now we're going to look through these sentences and ask ourselves each of these
questions. What is the time? What is the topic? What is the comment?
And what is the question up?
We don't have any time right along.
What is the main topic of this sentence? Fish is the main topic.
It's not you, it's fish. And what is the comment like?
And the question is, do you, do you like fish?
But now let's put it all together. Now there's two variations that you will,
you can see fish like you or just the simple fish.
Like I personally will sign fish,
like to keep it short and sweet. The second sentence.
Are you going to the library tomorrow?
Now we're going to ask ourselves time topic, comment, reference and question.
The time is tomorrow.
And what do you think the topic is?
It's library and the comment go and the reference here in the sentence is you.
And the question is are now,
let's put this all together tomorrow library you go.
You also could actually sign this tomorrow library go. But in this instance I,
I picture myself perhaps talking to two or three people and maybe I'm a
specifically addressing one person and so then I would point to them to add
extra clarification. The next sentence, do you know where the museum is?
What is the main topic of the sentence museum?
What is the comment about that? No,
is the reference there are to you and it referring back to the museum.
And we also have the question where that, let's put it all together.
Museum, you know where,
so in this instance we did topic reference,
comment question museum,
you know where next sentence,
why is that man staring at me? The topic is man,
and the comment,
there are two comments here and stare and this instance,
if you remember back in the basic sentence structure video,
I talked about topical comments and this incident that is a topical common
cause. Is that man, not just any man.
It's that man and I'm probably going to be pointing with my hand as I signed
that for reference. Is He and me?
Because I'm talking about that man. He and I'm talking about myself, me,
and the question is why. Let's put it together. That man,
remember that is a topical comment that man,
he stare me why now you'll see that the sentence is written a little different.
I've got he dash stair stash me and the he enemy are a lowercase.
This indicates that it's a directional sign and I'm the,
he indicates that it's coming from where that man is and the staring at me is
that it's pointed at me rather than my friend that's next to me or the friend as
across from me that I'm speaking with. And the last sentence,
I assure the party starts at six 30 now let's run through this one really
quickly cause I think you're getting a hang of it.
Time is six 30 and I'm just writing in pm here just because I'm pretty sure that
no party is going to start at six 30 in the morning or I'm not going topic is
party.
The comment is start and the reference is you and it and the question is sure.
No, let's put it all together. I've got two variations.
Remember we start with time.
So it's six 30 night and I'm indicating night pm the English and didn't have pm
but in this case I'm going to put p M for extra clarity and ASL,
it's always better to be more clear.
So go the extra mile and be more clear and you will win bonus points for life.
Okay, so six 30 at night party it,
I'm referring back to the party.
It start question and I'm raising my eyebrows on start at six 30 night party it
start or I could go six 30 night party.
It start true Biz true businesses like for real that that's really happening.
Like you know this for sure.
The first one is kind of like we're just confirming and the other one is like,
are you seriously sure that that's when it starts? Okay,
so there's two variations you could do there. Oh,
keep in mind the rule of thumb for questions is keep it simple.
You probably notice I didn't use all the reference or all of the comments that
were put in there or maybe I changed.
It says a little bit perhaps that question where it was a little bit different
than what was in the English sentence.
So I don't want you to freak out and be like, oh,
how will I know? How will I know when to do that?
Remember the rule of thumb is to keep it simple.
If you can drop words and unimportant, drop the words,
really want to drill down and get to the real meaning of what that sentence is.
Let go of English words. I know I say this all the time and I really mean it.
Let go of those English words and to real down to the meaning.
That's what you're going to sign.
Sign the meaning and you just let the rest fall away. You don't need it.
Have a workbook down in the description box for you to practice so you can get a
bunch of sentences and go, okay, I'm going to take this.
We're going to break it down just like we did in the video. Break it down,
translate it into ASL and you can practice seeing, okay, this word,
I don't need this word. I don't need these words. I do. Maybe I could tweak that.
We're just a little bit to make it more clear and then instantly you have the
answers in the back of the workbook so you can know right away if you've got it
right or if you miss the mark and if you need to go back and tweak it.
And then you also have the opportunity to create your own,
so be sure and grab that. Especially if you're like, oh,
but how do I know which words to do? What words not to do?
That is a perfect opportunity. It's free. Remember, it's always free.
Go down below and grab that so you can get to work and know what you're doing.
Remember, if you work on these things in paper,
if you work on translating your sentences from English to ASL on paper
repeatedly and consistently when you go and have a real signed conversation,
real time, no paper involved with somebody, it's going to be, oh,
it's going to be so much easier. It's going to be more smooth.
You're not gonna have to stop and go, oh wait, oh, what was that?
Um, and you're gonna have more confidence. You're going to go,
I know how to sign that.
Your brain is automatically going to change all your thoughts into ASL word
order, and it's going to be beautiful and you're gonna be
let Rochelle, I wanted to kiss your cheeks. I love you so much
and don't kiss my cheeks,
but just send me some cookies. Upcoming videos.
I'm going to go over even more types of ASL sentences, so stay tuned.
But before you get all excited about the Knicks sentences,
make sure you're practicing the ASL questions.
And then if you missed it and you did that practice,
go back and practice the basic sentence structure and that is going to build on.
We're going to be building on that, so make sure you get these two down.
So you're ready for the next one. Get question of the day.
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