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Hello -- today I'll be teaching signs for
different English words where the
English word is the same but the concept
and the meaning and the sign are
different. In English, it's called a
homophone, and a homophone means that it
sounds the same, it's spoken the same,
maybe it's spelled the same, but the
actual concept -- the meaning of the word
is what's different. And so in ASL the
sign is different!
This is video part 2. In last video I
showed 10 different English words - how
they're spelled and then many different
signs for the many concepts, and today
I'm going to show a new set of 10
different words! Thank you all for
sending me the list that you guys sent me.
So, Number 1 is the English word "show".
That has many different meanings:
There's show like this: SHOW, and that's
like maybe acting, a play, maybe music...
something where you're standing up in a
show, in a play, in a performance. "SHOW".
Then there's also "show" for to show
someone something. So, "EXAMPLE" is a
similar sign to "SHOW", meaning I have
something, or maybe I am teaching
something -- I will SHOW you. SHOW. And that
sign "SHOW" depends on who is showing
whom what, and the sign might change
depending on that. If you're showing me
something, it's signed like this. I'm
showing you, it goes toward YOU. You're
showing someone else something, goes that way. to show many people, make an arc.
And that's SHOW, and SHOW. Number 2...
OUR (O-U-R), and HOUR (H-O-U-R).
O-U-R are means *our* - it's something that
belongs to us. So that's the possessive
hand shape for ownership.
That's "OUR". The other is about time: H-o-u-r...
1-hour, like the hand going
around the clock: one hour or it's also signed
like this, or like this. I've seen
different signs. So it's like the clock
hands moving around. So OUR possessive, and
HOUR time. Number 3 is the English
word "free" - has maybe three maybe more
meanings. So the first is about money:
Something that has no cost, and then I
tend to see it signed like this with the "F"
handshape: FREE. FREE like this means cost nothing.
Zero dollars. FREE. A second sign is "FREE"
like this -- it means not enslaved; to be
freed -- it's similar to the sign rescue, or
save someone. So that's FREE with closed
fist.
so 'not in chains' -- FREE. Number three:
AVAILABLE. That's the "open 8" handshape.
AVAILABLE means you're not busy; you
don't have any appointments. It means you
looked at your schedule, and you're
available or FREE! Let's move on to
number 4 - has four different versions.
BUY - "buy" is about money. If you're out
shopping, you see something you want, and
BUY it. BUY. A "flat O" handshape goes out like that.
BUY. To BUY something. The second one also
"B-U-Y" but has a different meaning and it
means something -- someone tells me
something, or describes something,
explains it,
maybe shows me something, and I BELIEVE
it or I ACCEPT it. So maybe use the sign
BELIEVE or ACCEPT to describe "Oh, I'll buy that."
Right? "I buy it" or "I'd buy *into* something"
and I believe it; I accept it.
so use those signs.
Number 3: "BI" meaning you like
both men and women; not limited.
That would be "BI" - and tend to fingerspell
it out: B-I, very short. So, understand
that that topic has many, many different
signs that are still new and changing, so
people might like or not like different
signs. Online, people I've seen discussing
and they seem to say: accept B.
It's simple and clear: B-I for "bi", and
Fourth is "B-Y-E" - so you probably know that
already, where you can wave or "see you
later" - Sign "SEE-YOU LATER".
So again: BUY as in money is signed like
this. To "buy" an idea is you can sign
BELIEVE or ACCEPT to show that you buy
into it. Number 3 "BI", and number 4 is just
to wave goodbye.
Number 5: "Pine" has two different meanings.
So one is like a tree, and the second is
meaning you really really want something.
So for a tree you can find tree and then
you fingerspell to describe "PINE", and
second to "pine" for something--like really
want it--you can sign those things right?
and your facial expression should show
how much you want -- really want something,
or really really want it or DESIRE
something, WANT something. Number 6...
The word "TAKE" has three different things: First literally TAKE something -- to take
it physically. So I want something and I
take it. And that can be directional to
show where it came from.
Number two is similar, but you're not
*physically* taking something; it's
conceptual, and that would be signed like
this: "to take". It's really like to "take up" something, so maybe a class, for example.
You can take a class -- to TAKE. Number three...
Really, I actually just thought of a fourth.
So here we go: Number three:
Me saying "my take on" something -- means my
PERSPECTIVE, or my UNDERSTANDING. So that's, you know, "my take on that".
It's not that you're physically taking something, but
it's your UNDERSTANDING or your
PERSPECTIVE on something. So I would
sign "UNDERSTANDING", I think is a better
sign -- my understanding. And fourth, tends to
actually be "takes" (with an 's'), which means REQUIRED.
For example, maybe a job requires
strength, or "takes" wisdom, it "takes"
patience... Right? So "it takes" = it REQUIRES
something. So again: TAKE physically, TAKE-UP
conceptually, my UNDERSTANDING / my take on
something, and a REQUIREMENT.
Number seven...
the word CHANGE could be like this --
things that change. And that sign tends
to also change as well depending on the
context: change, clothes change, so change.
And another meaning is coins -- right? Money.
CHANGE -- so not dollars but small coins --
CHANGE. change or change.
Number 8: Each "H-A-V-E" -- "HAVE"-- like
HAVE a dog, HAVE shoes, HAVE anything that
you have, versus "HAVE TO" means must: MUST.
MUST -- so I MUST, is to say "I have to go to the store."
Or I MUST cook dinner, MUST. So HAVE vs. HAVE-TO.
So HAVE, "have to" -- use the sign MUST.
Number 9's three: T-E-A is "tea" the beverage.
Hot water -- TEA. Number 2: "T-E-E" like a shirt
like a "Tee" -- T-shirt. So I've seen it like
"T-shirt", um.. you
can also better describe it:
"Shirt, short sleeve." = T-shirt. In general -- for
shirts you can show the length like that.
so: SHIRT SHORT-SLEEVE. And Number 3 the
letter "T" - like that. "T". So that was again:
TEA the beverage, T-SHIRT, and the letter T.
Number 10: the word COOL, C-O-O-L, so
there's like COOL, this is the sign related to temperature,
so maybe there's a nice breeze, so it's not
quite cold but it's cool: COOL.
Is different from COOL- something that's, you
know, "cool", "neat", this is also used for
COOL, sometimes... so describe something you like, is COOL.
This is the temperature, and
that's just something that's cool or
interesting. And that's it for today!
I hope that those 10 signs, well really
probably 20 or 30 signs!
that you learned for the different
English -- the difference between English
and ASL, helps you focus on the *concept* as
you learn signs. I hope that that helped.
If you have other homophones (English
words the same and the sign would be
different) please send it to me! I would
be happy to record more, and I'll see you
again soon! Thank you for watching. Bye!
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