Hi! Can anyone give me some tips?

Claire'smommy · 10-17-2009, 09:06 PM

Hi everyone!
So as I wrote in my introduce yourself thread..I am the mommy of a deaf child and I am currently taking an ASL class in order to keep up with her! Claire has a CI and goes to TC school so she is picking up sign so quickly which is awesome but I can't keep up!! I have to do 5 minute signed autobiography for my class and I'm having trouble translating 1 of my sentences. The sentence is "When I was a little girl, my father was in show Grease on Broadway and every Wednesday and Sunday I would go to the afternoon show." Do I break the sentence up into smaller chunks or translate it as a whole? I'm trying to use the TLOSV structure but with so many words, I'm not sure where to start! Any advice would be greatly, greatly appreciated!! Thank you!
Heidi

souggy · 10-17-2009, 09:13 PM

PAST (as in going back into the past in a timeline) GROWING (stop halfway up your torso to indicate that you were a little girl)

FATHER INDEX (refer to him) ACTOR

INDEX (referring to him) DRAMA QUOTE G-R-E-A-S-E QUOTE FINISH

WEDNESDAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVERY-WEEK DRAMA INDEX (refer to self) WENT

There's a few classifiers I would use in here, but not sure how to gloss it.

Crude, I know, but I don't claim to be the best at glossing all of this.

Edit: Revising a bit here... Kinda went from French to English to ASL.... and my brain is throwing a fist

Claire'smommy · 10-17-2009, 09:53 PM

Thank you so much..that really helps! The classifiers I'm pretty good with..I've been learning sign on my own for 2 years now (from my daughter's teachers and speech therapists) so I do know a good deal but my daughter's school uses ESL so the syntax of ASL is still new to me...thanks again!!

10-17-2009, 09:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Claire'smommy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	Hi! Can anyone give me some tips? Hi everyone! So as I wrote in my introduce yourself thread..I am the mommy of a deaf child and I am currently taking an ASL class in order to keep up with her! Claire has a CI and goes to TC school so she is picking up sign so quickly which is awesome but I can't keep up!! I have to do 5 minute signed autobiography for my class and I'm having trouble translating 1 of my sentences. The sentence is "When I was a little girl, my father was in show Grease on Broadway and every Wednesday and Sunday I would go to the afternoon show." Do I break the sentence up into smaller chunks or translate it as a whole? I'm trying to use the TLOSV structure but with so many words, I'm not sure where to start! Any advice would be greatly, greatly appreciated!! Thank you! Heidi

10-17-2009, 09:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
souggy Ace Attorney Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 2,378	PAST (as in going back into the past in a timeline) GROWING (stop halfway up your torso to indicate that you were a little girl) FATHER INDEX (refer to him) ACTOR INDEX (referring to him) DRAMA QUOTE G-R-E-A-S-E QUOTE FINISH WEDNESDAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVERY-WEEK DRAMA INDEX (refer to self) WENT There's a few classifiers I would use in here, but not sure how to gloss it. Crude, I know, but I don't claim to be the best at glossing all of this. Edit: Revising a bit here... Kinda went from French to English to ASL.... and my brain is throwing a fist __________________ Souggy's Blog Warning! Contains skewed comments & inane ramblings. May cause spontaneous human combustion

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10-17-2009, 09:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Claire'smommy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	Thank you so much..that really helps! The classifiers I'm pretty good with..I've been learning sign on my own for 2 years now (from my daughter's teachers and speech therapists) so I do know a good deal but my daughter's school uses ESL so the syntax of ASL is still new to me...thanks again!!