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

2. 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?"

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. Equal / fair / tie

8. limit

9. less vs less-than

10. minimum

11. maximum

12. THAN

13. less-than

14. more-than vs more

15. too-much (facial expression)

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

17. Practice sheet 24.A

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

19. Worry Strange Enough New

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

23. 2. BEFORE TEST YOU WORRY?

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

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

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

27. 4. FOOD ENOUGH YOU?

28. strange new This is a soft shell crab sandwich

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

30. 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? \ /

31. IMPROVE CHAT DECLINE SUCCEED vs Pah!-(finally)

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

33. 6. HOW IMPROVE THIS CLASS?

34. IF NOT CHAT

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

36. FULL ¾ ½ ¼ Empty how- much left

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

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

41. 10. ROCKET ALL SUCCEED?

42. Practice sheet 24.B

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

44. DON’ T MIND

45. MO RE - THA N

46. ACCE PT

47. SO ME

48. INCR EASE

49. MISC HIEV OUS

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

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

52. man vs women earn discrimination

53. 2. WHY MEN EARN MORE-THAN WOMEN?

54. some boss bad work

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

56. recent

57. 4. YOU INCREASE RECENTLY?

58. sometimes

59. 5. YOU MISCHIEVOUS SOMETIMES?

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

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

62. DURI NG

63. TOO MUC H

64. HO W MU CH

65. SHU T DOW N

66. NIGH T

67. study

69. OT HE R

70. 6. YOU STUDY DURING SUMMER VACATION?

71. earn

72. 7. YOU THINK ASL TEACHER EARN TOO- MUCH?

73. One handed version of “cost”

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

75. computer every-night

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

77. who other

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

79. DECREASE INCREASE

80. IMPROVE DECLINE

81. ENOUGH PLENTY good-enough

82. HOW-MUCH-[cost] HOW-MUCH-[volume]

83. ACCEPT DURING-[while] DON'T-MIND

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

85. 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. / \

86. 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?”)

87. 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.

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

89. 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)