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This is signed as "I AGE 20". You learn more about signing ages in ASL 1 - Unit 12.

(COLLEGE STUDENT ME)aff (MAJOR WHAT?)rhq (BIOLOGY)aff

HUNGRY! ME CAN WOLF-DOWN BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER NOW! PHEW!

This is signed as "I NOT MARRIED" with the negation facial expression (shaking your head).

(SLEEP ME CAN'T)neg TOSS-TURN ALL-NIGHT

(ME FEEL GOOD)neg ME FEEL LOUSY

(don't-LIKE FOOTBALL ME)neg BUT (EVERY-THURSDAY EVENING)top ME WATCH TV RACE CAR SHOW (ME ENJOY)aff

ME LOAN-you CAR FINE YOU DON'T-MIND FILL GAS CL:BB(fill up)

This is signed as "I UNDERSTAND" with the negative facial expression. The sign DON'T is already implied with the facial expression, so it does not need to be signed.

(fs-RAP MUSIC ME DON'T-WANT LISTEN, WHY?)rhq ME LISTEN DISGUSTED WILL VOMIT

This is signed as "I FEEL OK".

ME FEEL SICK ME THROAT HURT-throat HURT-head ANNOYED

This is signed as "I FEEL TIRED"

This is signed as "I FEEL WONDERFUL"

This phrase is signed as: "I BROTHER 1, SISTER 2". Christine also shifts her body during this phrase, which indicates comparing.

This is signed as "I CHILDREN 3."

This phrase is signed as "I QUESTION" with an inquisitive facial expression.

(HAVE UGLY DOG ME)aff NIGHT HE BARK+++

This is signed as: "HOME I NEED GO".

AROUND 19-98 ME MOVE-TO NEW-YORK

(RECENT hard-RAIN)top (ROOF NOW ME NEED FIX++)aff

(MY FRONT DOOR (2h)CL:CC(frame))top CAMERA CL:claw(put above door)

This phrase is signed as "I RIDE BUS ARRIVE CLASS". This sign for BUS is more English-based, but is used often. Another way to sign BUS is the lexicalized version #BUS. You can see an example of #BUS in the conversation in ASL 1 - Unit 5.

WANT INTRODUCE MY FRIEND, fs-JULIE.

This phrase uses a classifier and is signed as "I CL:1(me)"go" CL:1(me)"come back"". Christine uses the 1-handshape to show herself leaving and then returning.

This phrase is signed as a rhetorical question: "I STUDY WHY? BECOME INTERPRETER". The first part of the phrase uses the yes/no facial expression (eyebrows up) and the second part uses an affirmative facial expression.

This phrase is signed as "I TAKE-up ASL CLASS". This sign for TAKE is different from the sign you would use to indicate that you took (or got) something (i.e. TAKE-from).

This sign is referring to people from India.

INDIAN (2)

This sign is referring to native Americans.

This is the sign for "INTERESTING", which can be signed using various facial expressions to create a phrase. In this video, Christine uses a facial expression to indicate that something is very interesting.

(RIGHT?)y/n

(TRUE?)y/n

(WHERE CHAIR? CL:1(index left) DESK CL:1(index right) DINING ROOM WHICH?)whq

(YOUR HOTEL (left) NEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL CL:1(index right) BEHIND LIBRARY, WHICH?)whq

This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

This is a pronoun showing possession. This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.