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ASL QUESTIONS Now that you know what the 2 basic sentence structures are and how to use them, and where the question belongs, you re going to check your understanding and translate English sentences into ASL. Before we get started, let s do a quick review of the structures you learned. TIME + TOPIC + COMMENT/ACTION + QUESTION TOPIC + COMMENT/ACTION + QUESTION TIME + TOPIC + REFERENT + ACTION/COMMENT + QUESTION TOPIC + REFERENT + COMMENT + QUESTION TOPIC + COMMENT + REFERENT + QUESTION TIME + TOPIC + COMMENT + REFERENT + QUESTION TIME = the tense. TOPIC = the subject of the sentence. Who or what are you talking about? COMMENT/ACTION = the adjective, description, verb, what s happening to or regarding the subject. If you have more than one comment, put the verb, or action one LAST. REFERENT = when you refer back to the subject/topic that you re talking about. QUESTION = the word or phrase that asks the question (including y/n, wh)
ENGLISH TO ASL QUESTIONS Look at the English sentences below. Take each category (time, topic, comment, referent, and question) and list the words in the English sentence that correspond. Next, reorder the sentence in the space provided in ASL sentence order. Be sure to write the signs in all caps (this is called glossing). Don t change the tense or prefix or suffix of the sign, only write it in the original word form (i.e. RUN, not ran or running). The first sentence is an example. After you ve translated each sentence, check your answers on the last page. EXAMPLE Are you going to the library tomorrow? tomorrow library go you QUESTION = are TOMORROW LIBRARY I GO #1 Do you love strawberries?
ENGLISH TO ASL QUESTIONS #2 When did you adopt your cat? #3 Why do you need to go to the grocery store? #4 Where did your sister, Anne, move to?
ENGLISH TO ASL QUESTIONS #5 What color is your new truck? #6 What happened to my computer? #7 Do you have a desk?
ENGLISH TO ASL QUESTIONS #8 Did your dog run away? #9 What is his college major? Why did he decide to study that? #10 Will you wait for me?
ASL QUESTIONS The answers are on the next page
THE ANSWERS #1 Do you love strawberries? STRAWBERRY YOU LOVE? ** or ** STRAWBERRY LOVE? #2 When did you adopt your cat? CAT YOU ADOPT WHEN? #3 Why do you need to go to the grocery store? FOOD STORE NEED GO WHY? #4 Where did your sister, Anne, move to? YOUR SISTER SHE fsanne MOVE WHERE? fs = fingerspell You ll fingerspell ANNE, so this will be signed A-N-N-E (w/o dashes) #5 What color is your new truck? YOUR TRUCK IT NEW COLOR WHAT? #6 What happened to my computer? MY COMPUTER HAPPEN WHAT?
THE ANSWERS #7 Do you have a desk? DESK HAVE? #8 Did your dog run away? YOUR DOG FINISH ESCAPE? #9 What is his college major? Why did he decide to study that? HIS COLLEGE MAJOR WHAT? STUDY THAT WHY? #10 Will you wait for me? YOU WAIT WILL?
CREATE YOUR OWN Make your own questions for extra practice. In English: In English: In English: