Numbers and Time in ASL
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When signing certain numbers, there is a special rule you must follow: for the numbers 67, 68,69, 76, 78, 79, 86, 87, 89,
96, 97, and 98, you must flick your wrist out if the numbers digits go from a high to low, and you flick your wrist in the
numbers digits go from low to high.
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When signing events and time, ASL uses Time-Topic-Comment structure.
Signs with time indications or time periods are found in the beginning of the sentence.
Words such as tomorrow, yesterday, today, last month, next month, weekend, etc.
Examples:
1) Today, I go store.
2) Week-past, car I wash.
3) Weekend, we go movie
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