Practice Sentences 2 A Note While there are

Practice Sentences: 2. A

Note: While there are two separate signs for YOU and YOUR, the rest of the sentence is important. For example: YOU NAME WHAT? Can be interpreted as “What is your name? ” It works because it is the equivalent of: “You are named what? ”

name

1. "'HEY, ' NAME YOU? " (What is your name? )

MARRY = marriage / married Response Vocabulary: yes no divorced maybe

2. "YOU MARRIED? " (Are you married? ) ASK-ME ASK-HIM/HER

Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 boy girl YES NO MAYBE SOMEDAY NEVER

3. "CHILDREN YOU? " [eyebrows up / slight head tilt] (Do you have children? )

sister version 1 sister version 2 brother version 1 brother version 2 HOW-MANY? ZERO

4. " SISTER, HOW-MANY YOU? " (How many sisters do you have? ) NOT-HAVE ZERO = none

mom dad your vs you

5. "YOUR MOM NAME 'HUH'? " (What is your mom's name. ) Review: HOW-MANY NAME MARRIED BROTHER SISTER

Deaf version 1 version 2 yes no “hard of hearing”

6. "YOUR DAD DEAF? " (Is your dad deaf? )

WORK Thataways HERE SACramento NOT WORK B-U-M ME student me

7. "YOU WORK WHERE? " (Where do you work? )

LIVE DORM APT WITH PARENTS SACramento “That direction”

8. "YOU LIVE WHERE? " (Where do you live? )

THIS / IT / HE / SHE my/mine his/hers yours

[point at an object] 9. "THIS HIS/HERS? " (Is this his/hers? )

ME YOU WE

10. "HOW YOU SIGN "WE"? “ Note: in class if you want to know a sign, just spell it to me while using furrowed eyebrows (WH-expression). You don’t need to sign “HOW SIGN…? ” -- That just wastes time.

Practice Sentences: 2. B

BOB YOUR vs YOU’RE NO HE/HIM

11. "YOUR NAME B-O-B? " (Is your name Bob? ) [Eyebrows up. Yes / No facial expression. ]

DIVORCED SINGLE MAYBE None of your business: “NYB”

12. "YOU DIVORCED? " (Are you divorced? )

how-many vs many

13. " BROTHER HOW-MANY YOU? " (How many brothers do you have? )

single / someone / something (all use the same sign) “single” can also be signed to the sides of the mouth “not have”

14. "YOUR BROTHER/SISTER SINGLE? " (Is your brother / sister single? )

spell slow

15. "SPELL YOUR DAD NAME SLOW. " (Spell your dad's name slowly. )

meet vs me-meet-you you-meet-him OKAY = OK NOT-YET FINISHED = I have already

16. "You-MEET MY BROTHER? " (“did you” or “have you” you met my brother? )

WHERE LIVE = ADDRESS = LIFE HERE THAT DIRECTION

17. "YOU LIVE WHERE? " (Where do you live? )

work

18. "YOU WORK WHERE? " (Where do you work? )

this / it

19. "THIS YOUR? " [point at any object] (Is this yours? )

SIGN [It doesn’t matter which direction you go. ]

20. "HOW YOU SIGN T-H-E-Y? " (How do you sign "they? ")