NOTE: The phrase, "YOU INCREASE RECENTLY?" could be interpreted a number of ways.

Suppose you were talking about money and jobs and someone signed, "YOU INCREASE RECENTLY?" it would be interpreted as "Did you recently get a raise?"

If you were talking about health, it would be "Have you recently gained weight?"

If we were talking about stocks it would mean, "Have you recently added to your portfolio?“

Now, I’m going to show you a set of 9 related signs. Look for the “natural” relationships. Think of it as “one” sign with lots of inflections.

Equal / fair / tie limit less minimum maximum THAN less-than more-than too-much

Equal / fair / tie

limit

less vs less-than

minimum

maximum

THAN

less-than

more-than vs more

too-much (facial expression)

Equal / fair / tie limit less minimum maximum THAN less-than more-than too-much

Practice sheet 24.A

Note: Two versions of “BEFORE” a: Prior to now, in the past b: Prior to some specific event

Worry Strange Enough New

1. YOU LIKE BRUSH-TEETH BEFORE MEET NEW PERSON?

2. BEFORE TEST YOU WORRY?

Cousin Strange Him/her-self = “who is”

3. COUSIN HIMSELF STRANGE YOU HAVE? Note: “himself” could mean “who is.”

FOOD = EAT ENOUGH vs FULL morning this morning = now+morning GOOD-MORNING

4. FOOD ENOUGH YOU?

strange new This is a soft shell crab sandwich

5. FOOD, STRANGE, NEW, YOU LIKE EAT?

Note: MANY vs. HOW MANY Facial expressions are crucial for meaning in these sentences: 1. Are there many? / \ 2. There are many! (nod) 3. How many are there? \ /

IMPROVE CHAT DECLINE SUCCEED vs Pah!-(finally)

improve Teacher: bring food, play games Student: study practice

6. HOW IMPROVE THIS CLASS?

IF NOT CHAT

7. IF NOT GO SIGN CLASS, NOT CHAT DEAF, YOUR SIGN DECLINE?

FULL ¾ ½ ¼ Empty how- much left

8. Your CAR, GAS, HOW- MUCH-[volume] LEAVE- (remaining).

9. IT R-E-F, ORANGE-"J", HOW-MUCH-[volume] LEAVE-(remaining).

10. ROCKET ALL SUCCEED?

Practice sheet 24.B

DON’T-MIND MORE THAN VS “MORE- THAN/OVER” ACCEPT SOME INCREASE MISCHIEVOUS VS DEVIL

DON’ T MIND

MO RE - THA N

ACCE PT

SO ME

INCR EASE

MISC HIEV OUS

Tomorrow fine / okay / can’t / stuck / busy

1. TOMORROW you-HELP-me DON'T-MIND? fine okay can’t stuck busy

man vs women earn discrimination

2. WHY MEN EARN MORE-THAN WOMEN?

some boss bad work

3. WHY SOME BOSS ACCEPT BAD WORK? lazy stupid stuck don’t- care

recent

4. YOU INCREASE RECENTLY?

sometimes

5. YOU MISCHIEVOUS SOMETIMES?

DURING / parallel / meanwhile TOO-MUCH VS MORE-THAN/OVER HOW-MUCH (One handed: COST) SHUT-DOWN (power off)

TOO-MUCH VS MORE-THAN/OVER NIGHT VS EVERY-NIGHT OTHER can mean “else” as in “who else”

DURI NG

TOO MUC H

HO W MU CH

SHU T DOW N

NIGH T

study

OT HE R

6. YOU STUDY DURING SUMMER VACATION?

earn

7. YOU THINK ASL TEACHER EARN TOO- MUCH?

One handed version of “cost”

8. YOUR ASL BOOK, HOW- MUCH-[cost]?

computer every-night

9. YOUR COMPUTER, SHUT- DOWN every-NIGHT YOU?

who other

10. YOUR FAMILY, WHO OTHER SIGN “Who else in your family signs?” Note: important slides following…

DECREASE INCREASE

IMPROVE DECLINE

ENOUGH PLENTY good-enough

HOW-MUCH-[cost] HOW-MUCH-[volume]

ACCEPT DURING-[while] DON'T-MIND

STRANGE SHUT-DOWN-[power-outage, power-off, turn-off, blow- out] WORRY MISCHIEVOUS-[devil] OTHER

The sign MANY moves a bit forward. The sign HOW MANY is a “wh” question and thus the eyebrows are furrowed. \ / If you ask: “Are there many?” That is a yes/no question and the eyebrows are up. / \

When discussing “countable items” you should use “many,” “how-many,” or the one-handed version of “how- many” (which is often interpreted as “how much” – meaning “what is the cost of that?”)

Some things are not countable. For example you can’t count “water.” You can count “cups of water,” or “drops of water” but you can’t “count” water.

When discussing things that are not “countable,” you should use the sign “MUCH / a lot” – HOW-MUCH (volume).

The concept of “HOW MUCH” (volume) can be shown by signing “MUCH” while using a “WH” facial expression. (WH)-MUCH. Or you can add the sign HOW. (HOW-MUCH)