How To Say Dick In Asl

To express the concept of "are" in ASL you don't utilize a specific sign but rather you consider what you mean and you choose the sign or ready of signs and grammar features that most closely match your significant.

Very typically the concept of "are" is expressed as part of a question that can be answered with a "aye" or a "no."   When request such questions we raise our eyebrows.  So, in a "yes/no"-type question the concept of "are" is expressed via raising the eyebrows.

"Are you...?" = "raised eyebrows" + INDEX-(pro.i)

For case, if you want to ask "Are you lot married?"

You would sign "You MARRY?" while tilting your head a fleck forward and raising your eyebrows.

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Another fashion we can aid plant the concept of "ARE" when asking a question is to echo the sign You at the end of the judgement. For example I could sign "YOU MARRIED Yous?"  People ofttimes ask me why some ASL sentences echo the sign YOU again at the end of the sentence.  The reply is information technology depends on how clear you lot want to be.  The same affair happens in English language.
Version 1:  "You married?"
Version 2:  "Are you married?"

Suppose someone asked you, why exercise English speakers use the word "ARE" in version 2 of that sentence? Does it change the meaning?  You would probably reply that both sentences mean the aforementioned, but the second sentence is a little more formal and clear. In English the question "You married?" relies solely on the raising of the tone of vocalism at the end of the word "married" to betoken that it is a question, whereas the sentence "Are you lot married?" relies on both the extra discussion "ARE" and the raising of the tone of voice on the give-and-take married.

Besides, ASL sometimes repeats the sign Y'all at the end of a sentence to make it clear that yous are asking a question and expect an answer.

Here's an case, this time asking most divorce and repeating the sign Y'all at the end.

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The concept "ARE" is also expressed in other means.

For instance, if yous wanted to say, "There are xv sandwiches," you could sign:
"Take fifteen SANDWICHES"

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"Are" = caput-nod
If you wanted to say, "They are here." You lot could sign:  THEY HERE-(head nod).

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If y'all mean "are" every bit in "indeed" then a adept sign to utilize is the sign is the sign for "true."
See: TRUE.

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There is a sign in Signed English language for the word "are."
That sign places an R-paw at the lips and moves it frontwards. That sign is not ASL and I don't recommend information technology for use on an ASL test nor in the ASL classroom.

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Question:
Marcy writes:
I accept been signing this for a long fourth dimension: ARE with cantankerous fingers, at upper mentum to lips
Some claimed that wrong sign?
Is that sign wrong?
Cheers,
Marcy B.

Response:

Marcy,

The "ARE" sign is considered "Signed English."

If you are didactics an English form or discussing English grammar that sign tin be useful for those limited situations.

In general the "ARE" sign is not considered to be ASL.

Most of the time it can be dropped. Sometimes it can be replaced with the "True" sign.

For example, to mean "They are coming." -- Y'all could sign:
"THEY Come up" (nod your head).

The nodding of the head replaces the demand for the English sign ARE.

Warm regards,
Dr. Bill

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