Verbs can be inflected. What does inflected mean?
Inflections involve a change in the movement of the sign.
Define: Inflections for Temporal Aspects.
the action takes place) Shows frequency and duration of action (how long or how often the action takes place)
activity or situation occured only once use the If the problem, activity or situation occured only once use the __________________ form of the verb.
Uninflected form (the basic movement)
activity or situation occured frequently or regularly use the If the problem, activity or situation occured frequently or regularly use the __________________ form of the verb. (every day, several times a day, every Monday)
recurring inflection (signed w/ several repetitions)
activity or situation occured continuously If the problem, activity or situation occured continuously with little interruption use the __________________ form of the verb. (for the whole hour, all morning, all week long)
continuous (signed w/ circular motion)
to school for two days now. Use ASL glossing to transcribe the following sentence: My son doesn't feel well and hasn't gone to school for two days now.
SCHOOL, UP-TIL-NOW TWO-DAYS. MY SON, NOT GO-TO SCHOOL, UP-TIL-NOW TWO-DAYS. IX NOT+FEEL+GOOD. neg
I feel lousy. Last night I drank tons of coffee and was wide awake Use ASL glossing to transcribe the following sentence: I feel lousy. Last night I drank tons of coffee and was wide awake tossing and turning all night.
ME FEEL+LOUSY. PAST+NIGHT ME DRINK++ COFFEE. WRONG ALL-NIGHT WIDE-AWAKE CAN'T SLEEP SCL:"toss and turn".
It was awful, on Saturday my friend and I Use ASL glossing to transcribe the following sentence: It was awful, on Saturday my friend and I went for a walk in the forest. I really enjoyed the walk.
AWFUL. PAST+SATURDAY MY FRIEND US-TWO GOT-TO TREE++ WALK. !ENJOY!
List four time signs that may be signed before a recurring verb.
EVERYDAY EVERY-MORNING EVERY-WEEK EVERY-NIGHT EVERY-HOUR UP-TILL-NOW OFTEN
List four time signs that may be signed before a continuous verb.
ALL-DAY ALL-MORNING ALL-WEEK ALL-NIGHT ALL-HOUR