1. Complaining, making suggestions, and requests
Unit 14
ASL II

2. Identify the Ailment HAVE-PAIN HAVE-CRAMP COUGH HAVE-COLD
HAVE-SORE-THROAT
SCRATCHING
FEEL-TIRED

3. Ailment, cont… INFLAMMATION (DCL:bent-5“swollen part of the body”)
CAN’T+SLEEP+ SCL:V“toss and turn”
HAVE-UPSET-STOMACH
(2h)VOMIT
FEEL-DIZZY

4. Ailment, cont… HAVE-DIARRHEA RED “area of body” Fs-RASH FEEL-SORE
NOT+FEEL+ GOOD
FEEL+LOUSY

5. Suggestions
FINISH
WHY+NOT
SHOULD

6. Remedies MEDICINE TAKE-PILL SPOON-IN-SYRUP ICL“use dropper”
BCL“rub on”
GO-SEE DOCTOR
LIE-DOWN REST

7. Empathize
“pshaw”
AWFUL
“wow”
KNOW+

8. Example of Classifier Sentence
MY SON, NOT GO-TO SCHOOL, UP-TILL-NOW TWO-DAYS. IX NOT+FEEL+GOOD <rs:son BCL“hands on stomach indicating indigestion”, “wave” MOM IX-loc “stomach”, HAVE-UPSET-STOMACH>. ME <rs:narrator BCL “tell him to relax” MEDICINE SPOON-IN-SYRUP>. NOW LITTLE-BIT BETTER++

9. English
My son did not go to school for 2 days. He did not feel good, had an upset stomach. I told him to take medicine. Now he feels better.

10. More Examples…
ME FEEL+LOUSY. PAST+NIGHT ME DRINK++ COFFEE. WRONG ALL-NIGHT WIDE-AWAKE CAN’T SLEEP SCL:V “toss and turn”. ME DRINK WARM MILK. FINALLY SLEEP TIME+4 EARLY-MORNING.

11. English
I feel lousy. Last night I drank lots of coffee. It was a mistake, I was up all night, could not sleep. I drank some warm milk. Finally went to sleep at 4 in the morning.

12. Now Try this…
AWFUL. PAST+SATURDAY MY FRIEND US-TWO GO-TO TREE++ WALK. !ENJOY! ARRIVE HOME, WRONG DCL“itch on chest”. ICL“lift up my shirt” RED+“chest area” fs-RASH SCRATCHING. PINK MEDICINE BCL“rub on”. NOW MELT-AWAY.

13. English
It was awful. Last Saturday, my friend and I went to the forest for a walk. We enjoyed it. When I arrived home, I was itching on my chest. I lifted my shirt and saw a rash. I put calamine lotion on it. It went away.

14. Complaining about feeling sick
Recurring
EVERY …
often
Continuous
ALL …

15. Recurring EVERY-MORNING EVERY-AFTERNOON EVERY-NIGHT EVERYDAY
EVERY-WEEK
EVERY-MONTH
EVERY-HOUR
UP-TILL-NOW (one of the above)
UP-TILL-NOW OFTEN

16. Continuous ALL-MORNING ALL-AFTERNOON ALL-NIGHT ALL-DAY ALL-WEEK
ALL-MONTH
ALL-HOUR
UP-TILL-NOW (one of above)

17. Inflections – change in movement of the sign
Uninflected
Once
Today
Last night
VOMIT
Recurring
Several times a day
Every Fri.
Every AM
VOMIT++
Continuous
Continuously with little interruptions
All night
All week
VOMIT-cont.

18. Example of Recurring sentences
EVERY-MORNING ME VOMIT++
EVERY-MORNING MOTHER fs-FOOT DCL:claw“swollen foot”++.

19. Examples of Continuous sentence
ALL-MORNING ME VOMIT-cont.
ALL-DAY MOTHER fs-FOOT
puff cheeks
DCL:claw“swollen foot”-hold.

20. Complaining about animals
BITE-ON++
COME-TO++
Fs-HAIR FALL-OUT++
YELL++
LICK-ON++
(2H)SCL:V“jump on”++
BARK++

21. Complaining some more…
SICK-OF
TEND-TO
ALWAYS

22. AT THE GARAGE You and your partner will draw a piece of paper.
One of you will be a traveler, the other a mechanic.
The traveler is a foreign person and you both don’t understand each other but you MUST communicate because something is wrong with your car.
Do not SIGN! Instead act it out or gesturing. Use descriptive, instrument, or element classifiers.

23. Fast Forward… Everyone stand up in a circle in the middle of the room.
Tell Mrs. Cleveland and the class your favorite sign.
I will tell you to sign your sign “as….as” you can.
Examples are: big, small, slow, small, happy, angrily, etc.

24. Children… SPILL++ BE-LOST++ STEAL++ TAKE-FROM++ TATTLE++ NOISE++ CRY++
BREAK++
AFRAID
COMPLAIN
PHYSICAL-FIGHT++
FORGET++
TAKE-FROM++
TATTLE++
CRY++
YELL++
LIE++
QUARREL++
MISCHIEVOUS
(2h)alt.DROP++

25. Roommates/Spouses FORGET++ (ALWAYS) GO-OUT++ LATE++ BORROW-FROM-me++
TOO-CLEAN++
OVERSLEEP++
TEMPTED++
BUY++
SPEND-MONEY-FAST++
WORRY
SMOKE-CIGARETTE++
BITE-NAILS++
LEAVE-ALONE++
COMPLAIN++

26. More Complaining… TAKE-FROM-me++ USE-cont. MY (object)
ECL“odor from body”++
LATE++
(2h)EAT++
COMMUTE++ BATHROOM
BE-BROKE++
BE-BEHIND-IN++
WORK-cont.

27. Neighbors…
NOISE++
NOSY++
COMPLAIN++
BOTHER-me++
COME-TO++
GOSSIP++

28. I can’t stand it anymore!
My roommate always forgets to flush the toilet, I’m sick of it.
MY ROOMMATE ALWAYS FORGET++ ICL“flush” TOILET, SICK-OF.
Oh please, Why don’t you put a sign up that says “Please flush”.
“pshaw”. WHY+NOT ICL“tack on” DCL“sign” PLEASE ICL“flush”.
Good idea!
GOOD+IDEA.

29. PETS
My dog tends to jump on me and lick my face every morning. I’m so sick of it.
MY #DOG TEND-TO EVERY-MORNING (2h)SCL:V “jump on”++, LICK-ON-face++, SICK-OF.

30. ROOMMATE
I’m so tired of my roommate using my shampoo all the time, Gosh!
ME SICK-OF ROOMMATE USE-cont MY SHAMPOO, “pshaw”.

31. Making Requests NOT-MIND POSTPONE PREPONE SHOW-TO-person
TELL-TO-person
ASK-TO-person
CALL-BY-PHONE-person
GIVE-TO-person
INFORM-person
SUMMON-person
PARTICIPATE
HOLD-DOWN “place”
ALL-RIGHT
PERMIT

32. Making requests
I’m so busy. There is a big pile of work, do you mind making copies?
ME BUSY++ WORK DCL“big pile”, NOT-MIND PAPER COPY++.
Last week my car broke down, I spent so much money fixing it. Now I’m broke. Do you mind if we postpone skiing to next month?
ONE-WEEK-PAST CAR BREAK-DOWN, ME POUR-MONEY-IN. NOW, ME BROKE. NOT-MIND SKIING POSTPONE FUTURE+MONTH.

33. Talking about a third person
You must use your signing space, verb inflections and pronouns appropriately me
you
third person

34. When that 3rd person is present
Refer to that person’s actual location.
If that person moves to another location, refer to new location.
What if that person left room? Refer to the door that person went out of.

35. Talking about 3rd person not present
You need to establish a particular location to refer to that person.
Both you and the person you are talking with must refer to the same location.