Verbs

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Verbs

• American Sign Language II

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Verbs

• ASL has different kinds of verbs.
• Plain verbs
• These verbs are the ones we have been working
  with where you have to state in the sentence the
  subject and object.
• _______t
• SUBJECT VERB OBJECT

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EXAMPLE
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Verbs

• ASL has different kinds of verbs.
• Plain verbs
• Inflecting verbs
• See if you can figure out what an inflecting verb
  does that is different than a plain verb

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EXAMPLE
YOU
ME
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EXAMPLE
YOU
ME
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EXAMPLE
HER
YOU
ME
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Verbs

• ASL has different kinds of verbs.
• Plain verbs
• Inflecting verbs
• Inflecting verbs allow the signer to indicate the
  subject and object by changing the direction of
  the movement of the sign
• ___________________y/n
• SUBJECT-VERB-OBJECT

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Verbs

• ASL has different kinds of verbs.
• Plain verbs
• Inflecting verbs
• Spatial verbs
• See if you can figure out what an spatial verb
  does that is different than a plain verb or an
  inflecting verb.

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EXAMPLE
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Verbs

• ASL has different kinds of verbs.
• Plain verbs
• Inflecting verbs
• Spatial verbs
• Like inflecting verbs, spatial verbs allow the
  signer to change the direction of movement of the
  sign to indicate location, but the subject and
  object must be specified.
• _______t
• SUBJECT VERB-direction OBJECT

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So, to review
Inflecting Verbs allow the signer to indicate
the subject and object by changing the direction
of the movement of the sign
Spatial Verbs allow the signer to indicate the
subject and object by changing the direction of
the movement of the sign