Hi! In last month's newsletter, we
discussed how some English words are
spoken the same-- they SOUND the same, and
maybe they're spelled the same, but in
ASL, the sign is different, because
the concept is different. So today, I want
to try to quickly show you a few
examples. You all set me many examples, so
thank you so much!! So today I'm going to
record a few of them, and I'll try
to go quickly, and then I'll record a new
video with even more, with more signs,
more explanations, more everything. Ready?
The word "right" can be "right" as in "correct" or
"right" as in "not left". Right / right. Correct , or
the direction. A third one: W-R-I-T-E, write. WRITE.
WRITE. To write.
okay, next... number two: SEE, to "see something"
or the SEA like the ocean. So again, that's
SEE with your eyes, or SEA like the ocean.
S-E-E, S-E-A. And a third -- again, there's a
third one: "C" - the letter C. Number three:
MEAN or MEAN. Both are M-E-A-N, so this one
here means MEAN, hah - meaning. It means like
understanding what something is
really showing or representing. This one
is "not nice" - MEAN, to be not nice. So we
have something's definition, and not nice. MEAN.
Number 4: ATE, and EIGHT. So "eat" past tense
is "ATE", or the number EIGHT (8).
Number five: READ or RED. So the past
tense of "to read" like: "a book, I read
already, or I'm finished reading" verses the
color RED. Number six:
There are four: first B-R-E-A-K, like BREAK
well, they're all spelled "break", (i forgot "BRAKE", sorry!), but
this is to truly like break something in
half: BREAK. Second is not really to...
something like falls apart or is broken,
but something doesn't WORK now, like a
computer or a car -- it doesn't break in half,
but it "breaks down", so that would be
like this sign "BREAK-DOWN". Third: BREAK: so this one
means like an intermission or to take a..
take a little time, five minutes maybe,
Could also be for school, a school break.
BREAK.
Four is BREAK-UP: Some sign it like this:
BREAK-UP, like that. But you can also just
sign to "disconnect" like a relationship
is over. Example: "My ex-boyfriend and I, we broke up."
So again, there many signs: BREAK (physically),
to BREAK-DOWN, a BREAK like
an intermission or a pause, and BREAK-UP.
Number seven: RING maybe like ring on
your finger, the jewelry is a RING. Or
the sound like a phone might ring, means
someone is calling. For the sound itself
like maybe like a bell rings could be
like that or an alarm ringing, maybe like a bell.
so a phone might be doing this off
the hook. Okay, number eight: BOOK. So
BOOK, like the physical book you read
or RESERVE -- to reserve something, you book
something: to book a restaurant, a hotel, a
doctor's appointment: RESERVE.
Number nine: "KNOW", as in a knowledge, or
"NO", as in "no, not yes". So one is K-N-O-W on
the left, and on this side: NO. Number
ten: The last one for today; I'll record
more later. Okay, number 10: LIKE, like
"to like" something, if you have an affinity
for it , vs "ALIKE" or for things that are
SIMILAR use the sign "SAME-AS", so LIKE or
ALIKE. Okay so that was a lot of
signs! I hope that it helps you... I hope
it helps show you that the word could be
same and the sign can be totally different,
and helps you learn those signs! So this
is the first video, I'll plan many more.
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