ASL 1 Class
Summer 2011
Family & Friends
 Ask & give information about the family &
relationships
 Indicate past, present and future tenses
 Use FINISH
 Personal pronouns incorporating 1+ persons (TWOOF-YOU, THREE-OF-US)
 Culture: Hearing Status, Deaf Family ties
FAMILY
SINCE
GATHER-TOGETHER TWO-YEARS
TOMORROW
DEAF
NOT-YET
PARENTS
SISTER
BROTHER
HEARING
OF-COURSE
Dialogue, p. 97
 A: MY FAMILY GATHER-TOGETHER TOMORROW.
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NOT-YET GATHER-TOGETHER SINCE TWO YEAR.
B: FAMILY DEAF?
A: PARENTS DEAF, SISTER DEAF, TWO BROTHER,
ONE DEAF, ONE HEARING
B: BROTHER HEARING, SIGN?
A: OF-COURSE!
Culture Notes:
 It is a common cultural and social practice to give
information about whether one’s family members are
hearing or Deaf.
 Deaf people make connections through understanding
an individual’s relationship to the Deaf Community.
 It also tells something about the individual and their
experiences.
 Understanding whether or not the hearing members
in a Deaf person’s family sign contributes to
understanding the Deaf person’s life experiences.
Practice A, p. 98
 Ask your partner if these people in his/her family are
Deaf or hearing:
 PARENTS, MOTHER, FATHER
 BROTHER
 SISTER
 AUNT
 UNCLE
 COUSIN
 GRANDFATHER / GRANDMOTHER
 Ask your partner if these individuals can sign.
YESTERDAY
HOW-MANY
MEET
YEAR
HUSBAND
TWO-OF-US
TWO-OF-YOU REALIZE
MARRY
CHILDREN
DAUGHTER
SON
#ALL
Dialogue 2
 A: YESTERDAY I MEET-HIM YOUR HUSBAND.
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TWO-OF-YOU MARRY, HOW-MANY YEARS?
B: TWO-OF-US MARRY 6 YEARS.
A: WOW! I NOT REALIZE SINCE. HAVE
CHILDREN?
B: TWO DAUGHTER, ONE SON.
A: DEAF, HEARING?
B: #ALL DEAF.
Grammar Note:
 Introduce PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE tenses at the
beginning or end of the sentence.
 Ex: YESTERDAY, I MEET HIM.
 Or: I MEET-HIM YESTERDAY.
 Once tense has been established, it does not need to
be repeated in each sentence.
Common Tense Signs:
Present Tense
Future Tense
 NOW
 TOMORROW
 TODAY
 WILL
 LATER
Past Tense
 YESTERDAY
 BEFORE
 RECENT
 LONG-AGO
 AFTER-A-WHILE
 FAR-IN-FUTURE
Phrases Using Tense
 TODAY MY BIRTHDAY
 I BEFORE MARRY. NOW DIVORCE.
 MARRY AGAIN WILL I.
 TWO-OF-YOU MARRY, HOW-MANY YEAR?
 US-TWO MARRY 6 YEAR.
 YOU-TWO MARRY RECENT?
Plural Personal Pronouns
 Some personal pronouns can incorporate number, as
in TWO-OF-YOU or TWO-OF-US. This works for
numbers up to 5. Other examples:
 TWO-OF-THEM
 THREE-OF-US
 FOUR-OF-THEM
 FIVE-OF-YOU
Practice 2, p. 102
 Follow the examples in your books on page 102.
 Please ask if you have questions.
FRIEND
NO
SEE-YOU
FINISH
GOOD-FRIEND LOOK-LIKE
GROW-UPTOGETHER
GO-TOGETHER
BOYFRIEND
WRONG
Dialogue Practice
 A: YESTERDAY I SEE YOU. WITH FRIEND?
 B: TWO-OF-US GOOD-FRIEND GROW-UP-
TOGETHER.
 A: BOYFRIEND?
 B: (gesture no) FRIEND FINISH.
 A: OH-I-SEE. LOOK-LIKE YOU-TWO GOTOGETHER. I WRONG I.
Note
FINISH is used in these ways:
 To indicate extent or limit.
 Ex: WE FRIEND FINISH.
 Or I TAKE-UP ASL FINISH.
 Before or after the verb to show completed action.
 Ex: BOOK I FINISH READ I.
 Or BOOK I READ FINISH I.
 By itself to mean, “Stop it!” by using a sharp, single
movement.
 FINISH
Practice 3, p. 105
 Tell your partner you have completed the following
actions:
 Ex: Seen your friend.
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FRIEND I SEE FINISH I.
FRIEND I FINISH SEE I.
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Refer to p. 105 for the prompts.
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VOCABULARY
Family Members
Relationships
 FAMILY
 PARENTS / MOTHER /
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FATHER
GRANDMOTHER
/GRANDFATHER
AUNT / UNCLE
COUSIN
HUSBAND / WIFE
DAUGHTER /SON
CHILDREN
NEWPHEW / NIECE
MARRY
SEPARATED
DIVORCE
BACK-TOGETHER
FRIEND
GOOD-FRIEND
GO-STEADY, DATING
BOYFRIEND
GIRLFRIEND
ROOMMATE
GROW-UP-TOGETHER
Vocabulary
Tense Indicators
Other Vocabulary
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NOW, TODAY, PRESENT
TODAY
YESTERDAY, PAST
RECENT, RECENTLY
LONG-AGO
BEFORE, PAST, AGO
TOMORROW
WILL, FUTURE
LATER
AFTER-AWHILE
FAR-IN-FUTURE
#ALL
SINCE, UP-TILL-NOW
OF-COURSE, NATURALLY
REALLY
REALIZE, REASON
LONG, LENGTHY
SHORT
TIME
BIRTHDAY
SEEM, APPEARS
WITH, TOGETHER
FINISH
MOVIE
SONG PRACTICE/ FOLKLORE
 PRACTICE SONG 2Xs
 REVIEW FOLKLORE STORY 1-2Xs.
That’s it.
 Next week we’ll work on the Folklore story & song.
 You MIGHT have a test. 
 Our final day will be a pot-luck silent dinner – just us – to
practice what we’ve learned in a social setting.
 Please sign up to bring something.
 Silent Suppers is having a meet-up on August 13 @ 6:00
here at the church building (FLC). It’s a “Murder Mystery
Dinner.” If you want to go, please let me know & sign up.