08-16-2009, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JennyB
...like how tense is identified in ASL?
You use a tense marker at some point. So you may start a sentence with PAST-ME-DATE-*insert name here*, because of the PAST you know this is past tense. Or the use of FINISH. So EAT-FINISH means that you already ate, therefore, past tense.
Or WILL-CLEAN means that you will clean in the future.
Is this what you were asking?
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Yes, thanks  I was wondering if the "finish did indicate its past. How would I know if something is present and future? Do you indicate something like "now" for present and "will for doing something in the future?
for example : I study all night long, using temporal aspect you need to show the wiggly fingers in motion you studied for a long time.
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