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mue06 | 18-30f
Some day they’ll come up with a single weird word and lump us all together.
r SOMETIME1 TO-BE-CALLED2 ALPHABET1^ WORD1 FOR1 OUR1B l m irgendwann heißt [MG] wort für uns
goe08 | 18-30f
I don't know what it’s called.
r NAME1B ALPHABET1^ TO-SAY1^ $GEST^ l m name
hh07 | 31-45f
Then, one would write down that one is deaf.
r DEAF1A HOW-QUESTION2* $PROD ALPHABET1^* l m [MG] aufschreiben
mue10 | 31-45m
They are overwhelmed with the displays, delays are announced via speakers, and people don’t know where to go and are all clueless.
r TO-ROLL1A^* ALPHABET1^* MICROPHONE1^ ALPHABET1^* HEARING1A* l MICROPHONE1^ m [MG] [MG] [MG] [MG] [MG] verspätet
mue10 | 31-45m
They are overwhelmed with the displays, delays are announced via speakers, and people don’t know where to go and are all clueless.
r ALPHABET1^* MICROPHONE1^ ALPHABET1^* HEARING1A* LATE1 HELPLESS1C* l MICROPHONE1^ m [MG] [MG] [MG] [MG] verspätet [MG]
fra13 | 61+m
The Sea Life, yes, Sea Life.
r ALPHABET1^* $INDEX-ORAL1 ALPHABET1^* $GEST-OFF1^ l m sea life sea life
fra13 | 61+m
The Sea Life, yes, Sea Life.
r ALPHABET1^* $INDEX-ORAL1 ALPHABET1^* $GEST-OFF1^ l m sea life sea life
fra13 | 61+m
I’ve been to the Sea Life aquarium in Speyer that you just talked about before.
r BODY3^ THERE-IS3* ALSO1A* ALPHABET1^* FISH2 $PROD l I1 m … gibt auch sea life fisch aquarium ich war
Translational equivalents: alphabet; alphabetic, alphabetically
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fra03 | 31-45m
Sometimes my teacher asked me to explain something to one of my classmates using signs, as he didn't get the oral explanation.
r SUDDENLY4 $INDEX1 ORAL1* ALPHABET1 $INDEX1 I1 CLASS10* l m [MG] oral [MG] klasse
lei07 | 46-60f
We had to practice articulation, the alphabet, until autumn holiday.
r TO-PRACTICE1* AUTUMN3 HOLIDAYS1 l ARTICULATION-BASE-OF-MOUTH1^ ALPHABET1 UNTIL1 m üben a-b alph{abet} bis herbstferien
nue03 | 46-60m
But it’s different in ASL where you use the one-handed finger alphabet like in DGS, although you sign differently.
r $INDEX1 ALPHABET1 LIKE3B* I1 GERMAN1 l m wie deutsch
nue04 | 31-45m
It's interesting, when I meet someone and that person doesn't understand a sign, I can spell it, and the other one can show me the sign.
r TO-SIGN1A WHAT1B* I1 ALPHABET1 $INDEX1* TO-TELL3A* l m [MG] [MG] [MG] [MG]
nue03 | 46-60m
If a sign, like JA [yes], originates from the finger alphabet, you sign it using the beginning letter “J”.
r IF-OR-WHEN1A* TO-SIGN1G* ALPHABET1* DEAF1A* HERE1 GERMAN1* l m wenn deutsch
Mouth: fingeralphabet
Translational equivalents: manual alphabet; to fingerspell
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fra02 | 31-45m
If there is no sign for it, they just spell it.
r ALSO1A TO-SIGN1A NONE7A* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 DONE1B ALSO1A $INDEX1 l m auch [MG] [MG] [MG] auch
fra02 | 31-45m
Yes. Here people are too lazy to use the finger alphabet.
r $INDEX1 LAZY1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1 $INDEX1 l m faul fingeralphabet
goe04 | 31-45m
They used finger spelling: Bayern Munich. Sure, that’s famous.
r $INDEX1 TO-CHAT1B* $ALPHA1:A MANUAL-ALPHABET1 $ALPHA1:M MUNICH1A* BAVARIA2 l m plauder bayern
fra02 | 31-45m
In the US, I was asked to repeat my fingerspelling slower.
r MANUAL-ALPHABET1* $PROD ONCE-AGAIN2B MANUAL-ALPHABET1 l m [MG] [MG] noch mal
fra02 | 31-45m
They leave out a couple of letters when they finger spell something.
r MANUAL-ALPHABET1 OFF5* l m ab ab ab
fra02 | 31-45m
Yes, because it is such a short word. They tend to spell those but when it comes to longer words, they usually use the sign.
r REASON4A* SHORT4* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 $INDEX1 WORD1^* $GEST-DECLINE1^ l m grund kurz lang [MG]
nue03 | 46-60m
I couldn’t possibly read the lips. They just spelled out the words, and that was that.
r POSSIBLE1* TO-READ-OFF1* WORD3* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 LETTER1* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 DONE1B l ATTENTION1A^ m … ab{lesen} buchstabe
nue03 | 46-60m
I couldn’t possibly read the lips. They just spelled out the words, and that was that.
r WORD3* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 LETTER1* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 DONE1B I1 l ATTENTION1A^ m buchstabe [MG]
koe13 | 61+f
I didn't want to do it in the beginning because I can't fingerspell.
r NOT3B* REASON4A l I1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1 I1 CAN1 CAN1* m nicht grund fingeralphabet kann nicht
koe13 | 61+f
I didn’t learn it when I was younger.
r I2 l TO-LEARN1 NOT3B* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 m lernen fingeralphabet
koe13 | 61+f
My partner taught me how to fingerspell and then we practiced together.
r BEGINNING1A TO-TEACH1* TO-PRACTICE1 l $INDEX1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1 m unterricht unterricht fingeralphabet
koe13 | 61+f
Now I can fingerspell perfectly.
r TO-HAVE-STH-DOWN-TO-A-FINE-ART1 DONE1B l UNTIL-NOW1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1 $GEST-OFF1^* m [MG] fingeralphabet
ber07 | 31-45m
I believe her name was #Name1 or something like that.
r NAME5* $NAME MANUAL-ALPHABET1 l m name #name1 [MG]
hh07 | 31-45f
It’d be best if everyone knew how to finger spell, or the basics of sign language.
r WHAT1B* ALL1A* CAN1* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 OR1* TO-SIGN1B* CAN1* l m was alle kann alphabet oder kann
mvp01 | 18-30f
It's best to start with spelling, with the alphabet.
r BEGINNING1A l BETTER1* $ALPHA1:A MANUAL-ALPHABET1 m be{sser} anf{ang} a buchstabe alphabet
fra02 | 31-45m
In my opinion, that makes totally sense because that’s how they were raised.
r RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A* IN-ADDITION1* REASON4A* MANUAL-ALPHABET1 TO-GROW-UP1A* $GEST-TO-STAY-CALM1^* I2 l $INDEX1 m stimmt [MG] grund
mst02 | 18-30f
She is not able to use the one-handed finger spelling.
r $INDEX1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* CAN1* l m oma
fra07 | 18-30m
They use the one hand alphabet in America a lot.
r AMERICA1* HAND1^* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* $GEST-OFF1^* l $INDEX2 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* m amerika
fra07 | 18-30m
They use the one hand alphabet in America a lot.
r HAND1^* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* $GEST-OFF1^* l $INDEX2 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* m …
mvp06 | 61+m
I didn’t know fingerspelling at all.
r MANUAL-ALPHABET1* I1 I1* WELL-KNOWN2* l m fingeralphabet mir unbekannt
fra02 | 31-45m
Then one can add the fingerspelling version of the word and keep on signing.
r $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^ ONCE-AGAIN2A IN-ADDITION1* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* THEN1A TO-SIGN1A l m noch mal fingeralphabet dann
fra02 | 31-45m
Back then I already understood the sign but they still fingerspelled it.
r I1 TO-UNDERSTAND1 THEN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* l m … verstanden
fra02 | 31-45m
They sign it and every new word is fingerspelled.
r TO-SIGN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A l m
fra02 | 31-45m
They sign it and every new word is fingerspelled.
r TO-SIGN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A l m
fra02 | 31-45m
They sign it and every new word is fingerspelled.
r TO-SIGN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A l m
fra02 | 31-45m
I like that they use the finger alphabet so much in America.
r AMERICA1* $INDEX1* GOOD1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* WHAT1A l m amerika gut was
fra02 | 31-45m
In Germany you just use the mouthing of a word if there is not yet a suitable sign.
r GERMAN1* HERE1 WHAT1A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-SIGN1A* TO-KNOW-STH-OR-SB1C* $INDEX-ORAL1 l m deutschland was [MG]
fra02 | 31-45m
I’ve been to America once and their fingerspelling is so fast. It feels like they spell at a speed of 200 km/h.
r AMERICA1 I1 $INDEX1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* FAST3B* $NUM-HUNDREDS1:2 SCALE1^* l m amerika [MG] zweihundert
fra02 | 31-45m
They fingerspelled everything so fast.
r MANUAL-ALPHABET1* FAST6* l TO-BELONG1^* m fingeralphabet schnell
fra02 | 31-45m
Then he played it again, slowed down, so that we could decode it.
r TO-PRESS-WITH-THUMB3^ SLOW1* TO-PRESS-WITH-THUMB3^ MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-PRESS-WITH-THUMB3^* l MOMENT2 m langsam [MG] [MG]
stu07 | 46-60m
For tough words, you use finger spelling.
r IF-OR-WHEN1A HEAVY1A WORD3 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* l m wenn schwer wort fingeral{phabet}
fra02 | 31-45m
In the US, I was asked to repeat my fingerspelling slower.
r ON-OBJECT1 AMERICA1* I1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* $PROD ONCE-AGAIN2B MANUAL-ALPHABET1 l m auf ame{rika} [MG] [MG] noch mal
stu05 | 61+m
#Name3 something.
r $NAME l MANUAL-ALPHABET1* m #name3 [MG]
nue03 | 46-60m
I could have spelled better.
r MANUAL-ALPHABET1* CLEAN1 $GEST-OFF1^ l m sauber
koe13 | 61+f
I was supposed to fingerspell all the cities we passed while we were on the autobahn until I was able to do it correctly.
r MOTORWAY3 TO-PRACTICE1 $GEST-OFF1^ l $INDEX1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* m autobahn übe
fra04 | 61+m
No, they sign very fast and finger spell a lot.
r $GEST-DECLINE1^ FAST3A TO-SIGN1E* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* NO2A $GEST-OFF1^ l m [MG] schnell
mvp03 | 18-30f
I cannot remember the name of the car.
r $INDEX1 NAME1A* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* I2 $GEST^ l m name [MG]
ber06 | 31-45m
That’s when they asked what I was doing with my hands. So I showed them finger spelling.
r WHAT2* $ALPHA1:A MANUAL-ALPHABET1* I2 l m a
fra05 | 46-60f
They are probably less concerned, because it is quite common over there to be able to sign.
r REASON4A OF-COURSE1A* TO-SIGN1G* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* CAN1* MORE3 CAN1* l m grund selbs{tverständlich} alpha{bet} kann mehr kann
ber06 | 31-45m
I was surprised and congratulated him on having learned to finger spell.
r YOU1 GOOD3 TO-SIGN1B MANUAL-ALPHABET1* CAN2B* l m … fingeralpha{bet} kann
fra02 | 31-45m
It is also based on the finger alphabet.
r REASON4B* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* IN-ADDITION1* l m grund fingeralphabet [MG]
fra08 | 18-30f
He doesn’t know how to finger spell.
r HOW-QUESTION2* TO-SIGN1A* $ALPHA1:F MANUAL-ALPHABET1* CAN2A* $INDEX1 LIKE3B* l m wie fingeralphabet kann nicht
fra08 | 18-30f
He can only sign ‘A’, ‘C’, things like that. I think that’s cute.
r ONLY2B $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1d $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1d MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-MAKE1* WHAT1A* ONLY2B l m nur eine eine fingeral{pha}bet machen wa{s} nur
mvp04 | 46-60f
There’s a website/
r $GEST-TO-PONDER1^* $ALPHA1:W-W-W* MANUAL-ALPHABET1* l m w-w-w
stu07 | 46-60m
The fingerspelling would also have to remain.
r ALSO1A* TO-BELONG-TO1 MANUAL-ALPHABET1* TO-STAY3 $INDEX1 YES1A l m auch fingeral{pha}bet bleiben ja
stu07 | 46-60m
That’s not to say one would just keep on spelling until the hand cramps up.
r THROUGH1B MANUAL-ALPHABET1* $PROD I2 l $GEST-OFF1^* m durch [MG] [MG]
