Objectives:
___ I understand
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Classifier: V (CL:V)
___ Role Taking
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How to establish gender in ASL
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I have taken the
Lesson 21 Practice Quiz
Vocabulary:
#BUS
ARMY
APPLY
ADULT/grown-up
BARBER
BUS-DRIVER
CARPENTER-[do woodwork]
DENTIST
DANCER-[dance]
FISHERMAN
FIRE
HAIR-CUT
he-HIRE-me
HIRE-[invite, introduce, welcome]
KEEP
LAW, legal [also see: principle,
rule]
LAWYER
mail-[a piece of mail, a letter]
MECHANIC
MANAGER-[administration, rule-over, reign]
me-LEND-to-you-[LOAN]
mission
MISSIONARY1
missionary-2-[preacher]
PAINTER-[paint]
pastor-priest
PILOT
post-office
RESUME
rule
stamp-[postage]
SUPERVISOR
TAKE-CARE-OF
type-of (what kind)
wrench
you-LEND-to-me-[See the keep/borrow
page]
Practice sheet 21.A
1. #BUS, YOU RIDE-IN SCHOOL? (Do you ride the bus to school?)
2. DENTIST, YOU GO HOW OFTEN YOU? (How often do you go to the dentist?)
3. JOB YOU APPLY BEFORE, HOW MANY? (How many jobs have you applied for previously?)
4. HAIRCUT, HOW OFTEN YOU? (How often do you get your haircut?)
5. OLD BOY-FRIEND, [or girlfriend], PICTURE YOU KEEP? (Do you keep pictures of your old boyfriends? [or girlfriends])
Practice sheet 21.B
6. MOST MAIL WORKER THIN, WHY? (Why are most postal workers thin?)
7. SOMETHING BROKE, YOU PREFER HIRE MECHANIC, [bodyshift], F-I-X
your-SELF, WHICH? (If something is broke, do you prefer to hire a mechanic or do you prefer
to fix it yourself?)
8. YOUR HOUSE, WHO MANAGE? (Who runs your house?) (Or apartment or dorm.)
9. YOUR SUPERVISOR, WHO? (Who is your supervisor?)
10. WHY BOSS FIRE WORKER? (Why do bosses fire employees?)
Practice sheet 21.C
11. PILOT USE S-U-N GLASSES, WHY ? (Why do pilots use sunglasses?)
12. CARPENTRY, YOU ENJOY? (Do you enjoy woodworking?)
13. YOU LIKE DANCE? (Do you like to dance?)
14. YOU LIKE FISHING? (Do you like to fish?)
15. YOU WISH (your)-SELF LAWYER? (Do you wish you were an attorney? )
Practice sheet 21.D
16. YOUR BROTHER, SISTER HOW TALL? (How tall are your brothers and sisters?)
17. YOUR CHURCH SEND MISSIONARY? (Does your church send out missionaries?)
18. YOUR DAD ARMY BEFORE? (Was your dad in the Army?)
19. YOUR HOUSE NEED PAINT? (Does your house need painting?)
20. YOUR RESUME HOW-MANY PAGE? (How many pages is your resume?)
Classifier: V (review)
There is a sign known as "Classifier V." This is sometimes written as:
"CL:V"
The V handshape can be used to mean: walk-to, jump, fall, fall-down, dance, dive-in, get-up,
laid-up/dead-animal, lie-down, anxious, sit in a certain way, stand in a certain
way, roll-around, look-at something in a certain way, and many other
concepts.
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Role Taking:
In ASL instead of signing "he said" and then "she said" we can turn our body
slightly to the left for the comments of one character and then turn our
body slightly to the right for the comments of the other character. We
"role play" each character.
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Gender:
Gender is an important aspect of some languages but it isn't very prominent
in ASL signs. For example, the concepts "he" and "she" are
generally signed by pointing an index finger off to the side. Thus the
ASL pronouns "HE" and "SHE" are signed exactly the same. The gender is
established prior to the use of the pronoun, but after that the pronoun HE
is indistinguishable from the pronoun SHE.
For a practice quiz,
visit: Lesson 21
Practice Quiz:
Check with your instructor or your syllabus regarding any graded
quizzes for this lesson.