Complaining, making suggestions, and requests Unit 14 ASL II

Identify the Ailment HAVE-PAIN HAVE-CRAMP COUGH HAVE-COLD HAVE-SORE-THROAT SCRATCHING FEEL-TIRED

Ailment, cont… INFLAMMATION (DCL:bent-5“swollen part of the body”) CAN’T+SLEEP+ SCL:V“toss and turn” HAVE-UPSET-STOMACH (2h)VOMIT FEEL-DIZZY

Ailment, cont… HAVE-DIARRHEA RED “area of body” Fs-RASH FEEL-SORE NOT+FEEL+ GOOD FEEL+LOUSY

Suggestions FINISH WHY+NOT SHOULD

Remedies MEDICINE TAKE-PILL SPOON-IN-SYRUP ICL“use dropper” BCL“rub on” GO-SEE DOCTOR LIE-DOWN REST

Empathize “pshaw” AWFUL “wow” KNOW+

Example of Classifier Sentence MY SON, NOT GO-TO SCHOOL, UP-TILL-NOW TWO-DAYS. IX NOT+FEEL+GOOD <rs:son BCL“hands on stomach indicating indigestion”, “wave” MOM IX-loc “stomach”, HAVE-UPSET-STOMACH>. ME <rs:narrator BCL “tell him to relax” MEDICINE SPOON-IN-SYRUP>. NOW LITTLE-BIT BETTER++

English My son did not go to school for 2 days. He did not feel good, had an upset stomach. I told him to take medicine. Now he feels better.

More Examples… ME FEEL+LOUSY. PAST+NIGHT ME DRINK++ COFFEE. WRONG ALL-NIGHT WIDE-AWAKE CAN’T SLEEP SCL:V “toss and turn”. ME DRINK WARM MILK. FINALLY SLEEP TIME+4 EARLY-MORNING.

English I feel lousy. Last night I drank lots of coffee. It was a mistake, I was up all night, could not sleep. I drank some warm milk. Finally went to sleep at 4 in the morning.

Now Try this… AWFUL. PAST+SATURDAY MY FRIEND US-TWO GO-TO TREE++ WALK. !ENJOY! ARRIVE HOME, WRONG DCL“itch on chest”. ICL“lift up my shirt” RED+“chest area” fs-RASH SCRATCHING. PINK MEDICINE BCL“rub on”. NOW MELT-AWAY.

English It was awful. Last Saturday, my friend and I went to the forest for a walk. We enjoyed it. When I arrived home, I was itching on my chest. I lifted my shirt and saw a rash. I put calamine lotion on it. It went away.

Complaining about feeling sick Recurring EVERY … often Continuous ALL …

Recurring EVERY-MORNING EVERY-AFTERNOON EVERY-NIGHT EVERYDAY EVERY-WEEK EVERY-MONTH EVERY-HOUR UP-TILL-NOW (one of the above) UP-TILL-NOW OFTEN

Continuous ALL-MORNING ALL-AFTERNOON ALL-NIGHT ALL-DAY ALL-WEEK ALL-MONTH ALL-HOUR UP-TILL-NOW (one of above)

Inflections – change in movement of the sign Uninflected Once Today Last night VOMIT Recurring Several times a day Every Fri. Every AM VOMIT++ Continuous Continuously with little interruptions All night All week VOMIT-cont.

Example of Recurring sentences EVERY-MORNING ME VOMIT++ EVERY-MORNING MOTHER fs-FOOT DCL:claw“swollen foot”++.

Examples of Continuous sentence ALL-MORNING ME VOMIT-cont. ALL-DAY MOTHER fs-FOOT puff cheeks DCL:claw“swollen foot”-hold.

Complaining about animals BITE-ON++ COME-TO++ Fs-HAIR FALL-OUT++ YELL++ LICK-ON++ (2H)SCL:V“jump on”++ BARK++

Complaining some more… SICK-OF TEND-TO ALWAYS

AT THE GARAGE You and your partner will draw a piece of paper. One of you will be a traveler, the other a mechanic. The traveler is a foreign person and you both don’t understand each other but you MUST communicate because something is wrong with your car. Do not SIGN! Instead act it out or gesturing. Use descriptive, instrument, or element classifiers.

Fast Forward… Everyone stand up in a circle in the middle of the room. Tell Mrs. Cleveland and the class your favorite sign. I will tell you to sign your sign “as….as” you can. Examples are: big, small, slow, small, happy, angrily, etc.

Children… SPILL++ BE-LOST++ STEAL++ TAKE-FROM++ TATTLE++ NOISE++ CRY++ BREAK++ AFRAID COMPLAIN PHYSICAL-FIGHT++ FORGET++ TAKE-FROM++ TATTLE++ CRY++ YELL++ LIE++ QUARREL++ MISCHIEVOUS (2h)alt.DROP++

Roommates/Spouses FORGET++ (ALWAYS) GO-OUT++ LATE++ BORROW-FROM-me++ TOO-CLEAN++ OVERSLEEP++ TEMPTED++ BUY++ SPEND-MONEY-FAST++ WORRY SMOKE-CIGARETTE++ BITE-NAILS++ LEAVE-ALONE++ COMPLAIN++

More Complaining… TAKE-FROM-me++ USE-cont. MY (object) ECL“odor from body”++ LATE++ (2h)EAT++ COMMUTE++ BATHROOM BE-BROKE++ BE-BEHIND-IN++ WORK-cont.

Neighbors… NOISE++ NOSY++ COMPLAIN++ BOTHER-me++ COME-TO++ GOSSIP++

I can’t stand it anymore! My roommate always forgets to flush the toilet, I’m sick of it. MY ROOMMATE ALWAYS FORGET++ ICL“flush” TOILET, SICK-OF. Oh please, Why don’t you put a sign up that says “Please flush”. “pshaw”. WHY+NOT ICL“tack on” DCL“sign” PLEASE ICL“flush”. Good idea! GOOD+IDEA.

PETS My dog tends to jump on me and lick my face every morning. I’m so sick of it. MY #DOG TEND-TO EVERY-MORNING (2h)SCL:V “jump on”++, LICK-ON-face++, SICK-OF.

ROOMMATE I’m so tired of my roommate using my shampoo all the time, Gosh! ME SICK-OF ROOMMATE USE-cont MY SHAMPOO, “pshaw”.

Making Requests NOT-MIND POSTPONE PREPONE SHOW-TO-person TELL-TO-person ASK-TO-person CALL-BY-PHONE-person GIVE-TO-person INFORM-person SUMMON-person PARTICIPATE HOLD-DOWN “place” ALL-RIGHT PERMIT

Making requests I’m so busy. There is a big pile of work, do you mind making copies? ME BUSY++ WORK DCL“big pile”, NOT-MIND PAPER COPY++. Last week my car broke down, I spent so much money fixing it. Now I’m broke. Do you mind if we postpone skiing to next month? ONE-WEEK-PAST CAR BREAK-DOWN, ME POUR-MONEY-IN. NOW, ME BROKE. NOT-MIND SKIING POSTPONE FUTURE+MONTH.

Talking about a third person You must use your signing space, verb inflections and pronouns appropriately me you third person

When that 3rd person is present Refer to that person’s actual location. If that person moves to another location, refer to new location. What if that person left room? Refer to the door that person went out of.

Talking about 3rd person not present You need to establish a particular location to refer to that person. Both you and the person you are talking with must refer to the same location.