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Originally Posted by zoomzipboom
would it be right to sign something like this when saying "i am going to the movies."?
to say "i go (sign i, n, g) to movies.
while i understand that things like "am" and "the" are not necessary i was wondering about the "ing" part. it would be fine to sign "ing" right. in my text books it said that was fine but is not as common in the deaf community.
i also read that in an educational setting that a teacher, if he or she wanted to say "would" that the teacher would sign "will" and then sign a "d" to indicate the word "would."
but that this is not as common among deaf adults.
or "ran" instead of "run" would you use the word "past" before the word "run" to indicate past tense.
i am curios to know what you guys think about this. it would help me alot, since i am teaching myself from books and im not in a class.
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If you're learning how to sign in order to communicate socially with deaf people, you don't need to get involved with what teachers use in educational settings. It will just make it more confusing for you.
In your example sentence, "I am going to the movies," you have to be more clear about what you mean. Do you mean you are currently on the way to the movies, or that you will be going to the movies later, or are you going to the movies continually? That is, is the full thought, "I am going to the movies
now" or "I am going to the movies
after school" or "I am going to the movies
every day this summer"? Each "going" would be signed differently. Just adding an "-ing" to "GO" would make the meaning as clear as mud.