Verbs American Sign Language II

Verbs ASL has different kinds of verbs. –Plain verbs These verbs are the ones we have been working with where you have to state in the sentence the subject and object. _______t –SUBJECT VERB OBJECT

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Verbs ASL has different kinds of verbs. –Plain verbs –Inflecting verbs See if you can figure out what an inflecting verb does that is different than a plain verb

EXAMPLE ME YOU

EXAMPLE ME YOU

EXAMPLE ME YOU HER

Verbs ASL has different kinds of verbs. –Plain verbs –Inflecting verbs Inflecting verbs allow the signer to indicate the subject and object by changing the direction of the movement of the sign ___________________y/n –SUBJECT-VERB-OBJECT

Verbs ASL has different kinds of verbs. –Plain verbs –Inflecting verbs –Spatial verbs See if you can figure out what an spatial verb does that is different than a plain verb or an inflecting verb.

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Verbs ASL has different kinds of verbs. –Plain verbs –Inflecting verbs –Spatial verbs Like inflecting verbs, spatial verbs allow the signer to change the direction of movement of the sign to indicate location, but the subject and object must be specified. _______t –SUBJECT VERB-direction OBJECT

So, to review… Inflecting Verbs: allow the signer to indicate the subject and object by changing the direction of the movement of the sign Spatial Verbs: allow the signer to indicate the subject and object by changing the direction of the movement of the sign