1. GLOSS NOTES ASL II Ms. Cleveland

2. Grammar Nouns and adjectives are reversed EX: red ball (English) BALL RED (ASL)

3. “WH” Questions are included at the end of the question or choice EX: Where is the red ball? (English) BALL RED WHERE (ASL)

4. Tense and topics are indicated at the beginning of the question or statement. EX: My favorite show is “Numbers” (English) NUMBERS SHOW FAVORITE MY (ASL) I lost the red ball last week. (English) LAST-WEEK BALL RED I LOSE (ASL)

5. General Grammar Rule for Time In general the ASL shows the tense at the BEGINNING of the thought or story and that tense remains until changed. Past Present Future

6. PAST The sign moves BACKWARDS EX: Maria went to the store to buy some bread PAST fs-MARIA GO STORE BUY BREAD.

7. PRESENT The sign remains on the FRONT of the body of the signer. EX: I have to go to the doctor at 3:00. NOW 3 ME HAVE-TO GO DOCTOR.

8. FUTURE The sign moves FORWARD EX: In two weeks my family is coming to visit. FUTURE TWO-WEEKS FAMILY MY COME VISIT.

9. Months of the Year Fingerspell the abbreviations of the month Use FIRST and LAST letter of the abbreviation with the sign CALENDAR (Except May, June, July).

10. January February March April May June July August September October November December JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

11. Numbers Numbers 1 – 5 –Keep palms facing inside Numbers 6 – 9 –Palm faces out –Thumb on pinkie for 6 –Thumb on ring for 7 –Thumb on middle for 8 –Thumb on index for 9

12. The teens! 10: thumb sticks in air and shake Flickers: 11 and 12 Wigglers: 13, 14, 15 Shakers: 16, 17, 18, 19

13. The 20’s 20: tap the index and thumb together with the palm facing out. 21: gun salute 22: 2 + 2 palm down 23 – 29: L + 3 (+4, +5, +6, +7, +8, +9)

14. 100 - 500 Use the scrunch method. Palm is out

15. 600 - 900 Use the “C” method Palm is out

16. 1,000 Non-dominant hand is sideways and dominant hand hits the bottom of the palm of the non-dominant hand.

17. 1,000,000 Non-dominant hand is sideways and dominant hand hits and moves up the bottom of the palm of the non- dominant hand. Billion and up: fingerspell

18. Phone numbers, social security #, etc. Sign the numbers as you would say or write them. Give pauses where appropriate to keep the grouping the way it would be. 123-45-6789

19. ASL Symbols WORD fs # OH-I-SEE (- - -) NOT+HERE (+) REAL/TRUE (/) “ ” !BORED! (! !) If you are to sign the word then you must captialize it. Fingerspell the word Fingerspelled loan sign Single sign Compound signs One sign/2 different meanings. Gesture-like sign Emphasize (stressed)

20. DIFFERENT++ (++) (2h) (2h) alt. (wh)3 IX IX-loc IX-dir Repetition 2 hands 2 hands alternate Sign “3” w/ weak hand. Point at person Point at location Point with directions

21. q WHq T RQ Rs: Mmm Oooo Cha Yes/no question Wh- question Topic Rhetorical question Role shifting Medium Small large

22. DCL – Descriptive classifiers: describe an object or person –DCL “curly hair” LCL – Locative classifiers: objects in its place –LCL:B “leaf drifting to the ground” SCL – Semantic classifier: category of nouns such as vehicle or person –SCL:1 “person walking stiffly and hurriedly”

23. BCL – Body classifier: body enacts the verb of the sentence. –BCL “acting macho” –BCL “put arms around friend” ICL – Instrument classifier: which part of the body manipulates the object. –ICL “driving” –ICL “talking on the phone”

24. BPCL – Body Part classifier: specific part of the body doing the action. –(2h)BPCL:1 “crossing legs” –(2h)BPCL:B “taps foot” PCL – Plural classifier: indicates either specific # or non-specific # –PCL:3 “people walking” –(2h)PCL:4 “long line of people” –(2h)PCL:5 “traffic”