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September 16, 2011
Chapter 1: Building ASL

Pronouns and using locative space

Supportive Activity:
**Dear Abby**
Vocabulary list

Advice/advise
Idea
Thoughts
Know
Feeling
Express
Opinion
Information
Love
Crazy-about
Heart broken
Respect
Partner
Wife/husband
Boyfriend/girlfriend
Give-up
Lonely
Stressed
Inept
Mistake
Problem
Realize
Need
Conflict
Cruel
Destroy
Hurt
Angry
Commitment
Communication
Desire
Depressed
Eager
Egoistical
Exhausted
Fault
Good-enough
Happen
Affair
Jerk
Respond
Forgive
Suggest
Sympathize
Tend-to
Caution
Patience
Can’t stand it!
Lie
Revenge
Help
Assistance
Can’t

Dear Abby:
I am 37, never married, and have never even dated much. I am quiet, shy, overweight and plain.
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I have been seeing a man who is 42 years old, and who has also never been married. He has proposed, but I haven't given him an answer because I don't think I really love him. He is very good to me and treats me like a queen, but there is absolutely no spark. (There's also no sex. He's impotent and has no plans to do anything about it.)
My question is: Do I marry him and "settle," just to be married, or do I live the rest of my life alone? Is it better to take this chance and marry my best friend, or should I wait for a Prince Charming who might never arrive?
Please answer this question in the newspaper. I don't want anyone to know I'm such an indecisive fool.

ASL TRANSLATION

DEAR ABBY

I AGE-37 MARRIED NEVER I DATE MUCH NEVER I . I QUIET, SHY, FAT ORDINARY


RECENTLY, I DATE MAN HE AGE-42. HE MARRIED BEFORE NEVER SAME. RECENTLY HE MARRIAGE ASK-ME BUT ANSWER HIM NOT WHY? LOVE HIM I NOT KNOW. HE GOOD TO ME HE TREATS ME QUEEN SAME-SAME BUT SPARK NONE! ALSO SEX NONE AND CL:I (RISE UPWARD) CAN’T HE PLAN HELP HIMSELF NONE.

I ASK, I MARRY HIM ACCEPT SO I MARRIED FINISH OR I LIVE FOREVER ALONE? BETTER ACCEPT CHANCE MARRY MY BEST-FRIEND OR SHOULD WAIT FOR “PRINCE CHARMING” ARRIVE MAYBE NOT?



September 23, 2011
**For Hearing People Only**

Coming soon....

September 26, 2011
**Chapter 2: Building ASL

Key Vocabulary:
Verb
Both
directional
subject
object
catagories
list
itself
vlog

Verb Discussion
Verbs are another common concept in all natural languages. They allow us to explain what it is we are doing. In fact, without verbs, language would cease to exist. Verbs in ASL come in three types: plain, inflecting, and spatial.

Plain VerbsA plain verb is a normal verb in ASL. When using plain verbs the signer must designate the subject and the object. Examples of plain verbs in ASL are
• PLAY, RUN, JUMP, SING, DRINK,EAT, SIT,WALK, JUMP, TALK,POOPING, DIE,READ,SEX,SLEEP, WRITE

Inflecting/DIRECTIONAL VerbsInflecting verbs allow the signer to incorporate the subject and object into the verb in one fluid motion. Examples of inflecting verbs in ASL are
• I-GIVE-YOU, HE-GIVE-ME, and I-TELL-THEM, ASK-ME, HELP-ME, SHOW-YOU, SEND-ME, CHOOSE-ME, PAY ATTENTION-ME, LOOK-AT, PAY-ME,ADVICE-ME.

Spatial VerbsThe last type of verb is a spatial verb. These just allow the signer to 0 or how he or she moved them around. Examples of spatial verbs in ASL are
• PUT-UP and PUT-BELOW, BRING-THERE, CARRY-HERE, MOVE-THERE, GO-THERE, COME-HERE,

Travel Verbs (DIRECTIONAL) PHYSICAL• FLY, GO-TO,RUN-TO, ACCOMPANY

Non Travel Verbs (DIRECTIONAL) NOT PHYSICAL• ADVISE, ASK, LOOK-AT


Midterm How-To

Monday
1. Tyler
2. Tiff
3. Anna
Wednesday
1. Sam
2. Jeff
Jake
Friday
1. Aubrey
2. Becca
3. Megan
4. Catlin
Monday
NO CLASS

Wednesday
1. John
2. Sarah
3. April J.

Friday
1. Jordann
2. Connie
3. Kara