NOTE: The phrase, "YOU INCREASE RECENTLY?" could be interpreted a number of ways. 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?" If you were talking about health, it would be "Have you recently gained weight?" If we were talking about stocks it would mean, "Have you recently added to your portfolio? Now, Im 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. Equal / fair / tie limit less minimum maximum THAN less-than more-than too-much Equal / fair / tie limit less vs less-than minimum maximum THAN less-than more-than vs more too-much (facial expression) Equal / fair / tie limit less minimum maximum THAN less-than more-than too-much Practice sheet 24.A Note: Two versions of BEFORE a: Prior to now, in the past b: Prior to some specific event Worry Strange Enough New 1. YOU LIKE BRUSH-TEETH BEFORE MEET NEW PERSON? 2. BEFORE TEST YOU WORRY? Cousin Strange Him/her-self = who is 3. COUSIN HIMSELF STRANGE YOU HAVE? Note: himself could mean who is. FOOD = EAT ENOUGH vs FULL morning this morning = now+morning GOOD-MORNING 4. FOOD ENOUGH YOU? strange new This is a soft shell crab sandwich 5. FOOD, STRANGE, NEW, YOU LIKE EAT? 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? \ / IMPROVE CHAT DECLINE SUCCEED vs Pah!-(finally) improve Teacher: bring food, play games Student: study practice 6. HOW IMPROVE THIS CLASS? IF NOT CHAT 7. IF NOT GO SIGN CLASS, NOT CHAT DEAF, YOUR SIGN DECLINE? FULL Empty how- much left 8. Your CAR, GAS, HOW- MUCH-[volume] LEAVE- (remaining). 9. IT R-E-F, ORANGE-"J", HOW-MUCH-[volume] LEAVE-(remaining). 10. ROCKET ALL SUCCEED? Practice sheet 24.B DONT-MIND MORE THAN VS MORE- THAN/OVER ACCEPT SOME INCREASE MISCHIEVOUS VS DEVIL DON T MIND MO RE - THA N ACCE PT SO ME INCR EASE MISC HIEV OUS Tomorrow fine / okay / cant / stuck / busy 1. TOMORROW you-HELP-me DON'T-MIND? fine okay cant stuck busy man vs women earn discrimination 2. WHY MEN EARN MORE-THAN WOMEN? some boss bad work 3. WHY SOME BOSS ACCEPT BAD WORK? lazy stupid stuck dont- care recent 4. YOU INCREASE RECENTLY? sometimes 5. YOU MISCHIEVOUS SOMETIMES? DURING / parallel / meanwhile TOO-MUCH VS MORE-THAN/OVER HOW-MUCH (One handed: COST) SHUT-DOWN (power off) TOO-MUCH VS MORE-THAN/OVER NIGHT VS EVERY-NIGHT OTHER can mean else as in who else DURI NG TOO MUC H HO W MU CH SHU T DOW N NIGH T study OT HE R 6. YOU STUDY DURING SUMMER VACATION? earn 7. YOU THINK ASL TEACHER EARN TOO- MUCH? One handed version of cost 8. YOUR ASL BOOK, HOW- MUCH-[cost]? computer every-night 9. YOUR COMPUTER, SHUT- DOWN every-NIGHT YOU? who other 10. YOUR FAMILY, WHO OTHER SIGN Who else in your family signs? Note: important slides following DECREASE INCREASE IMPROVE DECLINE ENOUGH PLENTY good-enough HOW-MUCH-[cost] HOW-MUCH-[volume] ACCEPT DURING-[while] DON'T-MIND STRANGE SHUT-DOWN-[power-outage, power-off, turn-off, blow- out] WORRY MISCHIEVOUS-[devil] OTHER 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. / \ 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?) Some things are not countable. For example you cant count water. You can count cups of water, or drops of water but you cant count water. When discussing things that are not countable, you should use the sign MUCH / a lot HOW-MUCH (volume). 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)