Glossing - Lesson 5 Time and Verb Tense

Lesson 5A Time indicators – Usually appear at or near the beginning of an ASL sentence – Specific time indicators Last year, 6-months ago – General time indicators A little while ago In the past, will, shall The sign WILL can include The sign RECENT can include – Just, a short time ago

Lesson 5B The “exceptions to the rule” WILL, LATE, FINISH generally appear in conjunction with the verb or at the end of the sentence These are less specific than lesson 5A

Things to remember FINISH – Have seen = or FINISH SEE – Had eaten = EAT FINISH or FINISH EAT – Done sleeping = SLEEP FINISH or FINISH SLEEP – Already cooked = COOK FINISH or – Finished talking = CONVERSE FINISH or

Things to remember Some verbs indicate that an action happened in the past rather than emphasizing that the action is done. Examples: – My son studied a lot! MY SON STUDY MUCH, PAST (emphasis: ) PAST, MY SON STUDY MUCH (emphasis: ) – I bought a car. ME BUY CAR PAST

Things to remember If you change the emphasis you change the sentence – My son studied a lot! MY SON STUDY MUCH FINISH – I bought a car ME BY CAR FINISH ME FINISH BUY CAR

Things to remember The sign LONG-AGO can indicate – A while back, in the past, there was a time, back when, used to – Appears at the beginning of a sentence or narrative The signs NEVER and ALWAYS usually appear at the end of an ASL sentence – My sister always eats pizza

Things to remember The sign LATER can appear wherever emphasis is needed – You must phone your teacher later. – LATER TELEPHONE YOURS TEACHER MUST YOU – Study now and watch the movie later. – The baby is asleep now. Later she will eat. – NOW BABY SLEEP EAT LATER WILL

Things to remember The sign RECENT is signed at the beginning of the sentence or just before the verb Examples: – I just went to the dentist. – I just ate the sandwich – SANDWICH RECENT EAT ME FINISH

Things to remember Sometime time indicators are hidden in English sentences Examples – My son went camping, once, and loved it. – PAST MY SON TENT HE LOVE – We used to eat meat, but not any more. – I’m gonna call you, I promise. – ME PHONE YOU WILL PROMISE

Examples 5A We went shopping yesterday. My family used to go camping. I’ll study hard in three weeks.

Examples 5B My brother will pay you back. MY BROTHER PAY YOU AGAIN WILL My brother paid you already. – MY BROTHER FINISH PAY YOU My brother hasn’t paid you? QQ MY BROTHER LATE PAY YOU