A Family Affair · 30-point quiz · quiz worth 30 pts
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Use this if English order keeps taking over.
Name or establish the person or thing first.
For a person who is present, lead with the most visually useful descriptor and add only what clarifies.
Match the face to a statement, yes/no question, or WH question.
If bright blue hair already singles out one person in a crowd, how many descriptors may be needed?
Just that one. Add another only if it helps identify the person.
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The age spot is on the chin. For ages 10 and above, sign OLD and immediately add the number: OLD+13, OLD+25. Rewatch the actual course age demonstration and copy its motion.
For ages 1–9, begin the number at the chin and move it outward into neutral space. Do not add OLD again afterward. That would say 'years old years old.'
The question OLD IX-you means 'How old are you?' Furrow the eyebrows for the WH question.
Two age patterns.
Start the number at the chin and move outward.
Sign OLD, then the number.
Why not add OLD at the end?
It repeats the marker, like saying 'years old years old.'
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ASL is its own language. A common structure is topic, then comment. English filler words that cannot be visualized may disappear.
HOUSE I LIVE means 'I live in a house.' HER SHOES I LIKE means 'I like her shoes.' COLOR YOUR FAVORITE WHAT asks 'What is your favorite color?'
Find the thing being discussed first. Put what you say about it second. Then check the NMM.
For a person, establish the topic and give the most useful visual information first. The course phrase is BOY TALL HAIR BLACK HAPPY. Watch the actual signed phrase, then rehearse it without reading.
When the person is present, sign the most visually useful descriptor first. If bright blue hair already identifies one person in a crowd, it may be the first and only descriptor needed. Add height, body type, hair or eye color, clothing, or another visible trait only when it clarifies who you mean.
TALL uses a Bent B moving upward with the CHA mouth morpheme. SHORT uses a Bent B moving downward with the OO mouth morpheme. EYES points to each eye.
Yes/no questions raise the eyebrows throughout: POSS-your DAD EYES GREEN. WH questions furrow them: OLD IX-you.
Choose the course-faithful gloss or production rule.
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