Also see: Past: "A while ago."
Also see: Past: "A long time ago."
PAST:
The sign for "past" is
made by moving your dominant hand over your dominant shoulder. Your palm should face your body. The more emphasis you give the motion
and/or the larger movement you use indicates further into the past:
Sample sentence: How many did you get wrong on the previous test for this class?
"before"
"last" as in "last night"
previously
Sample sentence: That happened a while ago in 2013.
Use to be...
A while back...
Back when...
Once upon a time, long, long, ago...
Hey man, that's ancient history!
ASL pun: PAST-YOUR-EYES-MILK-[pasteurized-milk]-[pun]
Notes: If you mean "before" as in "before you do that you should do this..." you should use the sign PRIOR-before.
Also see: FUTURE
FINISH
RECENT
LATE
HISTORY
Notes:
Where this sign is taught:
Taught in Lesson 06.Reviewed in lessons: 09, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 33, 37, 40, 45
Practice sentences using this sign:
YOU LIVE BIG CITY PAST YOU? (Have you ever lived in a big city?)AMBULANCE, PAST-[before] YOU? (Have you ever been in an ambulance?)
ASL CLASS, YOU PAST TAKE? (Have you ever taken an ASL class?)
COOK CLASS, YOU PAST TAKE? (Have you ever taken a cooking class?)
PAST WEEKEND WHAT-DO YOU? (What did you do last weekend?)
PAST TEST THIS CLASS YOU WRONG how-MANY? (How many did you miss on the previous test you took in this class?)
PAST-[long-ago] YOURSELF LITTLE-BOY WANT GROW-UP FUTURE DO-what? (When you were a little boy what did you want to be?)
PAST WEEKEND YOU what-DO? (What did you do last weekend?)
PAST SATURDAY YOU GO-TO-BED, what-TIME? (What time did you go to bed last Saturday?)
FLUNK CLASS PAST-[before] YOU?
... and 7 more practice sentences use this sign.