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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 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

MY AUNT CL:1(wander) fs-NYC, SEARCH++ (WHERE fs-YANKEE STADIUM)whq (LOST)aff