Mouth: [MG]
Translational equivalent: to sign
by transcript | by glosses | by right neighbours | by left neighbours
1248090 | 31-45m
They were so fast; I didn’t get a thing, anyway.
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TO-SIGN1C* CAN2B* $INDEX1* TO-SIGN1C*
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kann [MG]
1248090 | 31-45m
Then one of them translated for us and said that German is obligatory at Dutch schools.
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TO-SIGN1C* $INDEX1 YES1A* WEIRD-STRANGE1*
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holland ja [MG]
1418858 | 31-45m
When people have too many conversations on the side, one cannot concentrate anymore.
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TO-SIGN1C* TO-FOCUS1 NONE1* $GEST-OFF1^
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[MG] kon{zentriert}
1248090 | 31-45m
That way we can simply talk to each other, and it won’t be a problem at all.
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TO-SIGN1C* TO-GET-ALONG1A* ALONE2* NONE5B*
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[MG] all{ein} all{ein} kein
1248090 | 31-45m
They used signs, but those were international signs.
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$INDEX1* TO-SIGN1C* BUT1* INTERNATIONAL1* TO-SIGN1A*
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aber international
1248090 | 31-45m
They signed “closed” like this.
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TO-SIGN1C* $INDEX1* CLOSE-DOOR1*
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$INDEX1
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[MG]
1419607 | 61+m
Children who sign are wonderful, too!
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TO-SIGN1C* GOOD1*
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ALL1A
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[MG] [MG] gut
1419607 | 61+m
You sign it like that, ‘Japan’.
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$INDEX1 TO-SIGN1C* JAPAN1*
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1209495-… | 18-30f
Deaf people start signing from a very early age.
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DEAF1A* TO-SIGN1C* EVERYDAY-LIFE1 BEGINNING1A TO-GROW2A^*
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all{tag} anfang
2025500 | 46-60m
I’m able to adapt to a person’s language level; it doesn’t matter whether they’re well-educated or really uneducated.
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CAN2B* COMMUNICATION1B I1* TO-SIGN1C* $INDEX1 EASY-OR-LIGHT1 COMMUNICATION1B*
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kann kommunikation [MG] leicht
1183203 | 61+f
Everyone was super excited each time her father came to visit. We would sit in a circle around him and watch him sign.
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TO-SIT-IN-A-CIRCLE1 $INDEX1* FASCINATING1A TO-SIGN1C* WE1B* TO-SIT-IN-A-SEMI-CIRCLE1* FASCINATING1A
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sitzen [MG] wir sitzen [MG]»
1206010 | 46-60f
I sometimes wish it would be the other way around and that a hearing person was in a group of deaf people who all sign with each other.
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SHOULD1* I1 TO-JOIN1^* TO-SIGN1C*
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soll auch gehörlos
1413703 | 46-60m
I met Mister Zürn at the Deaflympics center in Taipei. He is the hearing soccer coach, and he signs very well.
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COACH1* HEARING1A CAN1* TO-SIGN1C* I1* BEEN1 TO-MEET2B
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$INDEX1
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fußballtainer hör{end} kann [MG]
1248090 | 31-45m
However, #Name2 wanted to benefit from it and improve his Dutch Sign Language skills.
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TO-WITHDRAW2* $INDEX1 TO-SIGN1C* $INDEX1* AIM4* WILL6^
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[MG] #name2 [MG] zi{el} ziel [MG]
1248090 | 31-45m
But I could grasp and recognise the signs.
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I1 $INDEX1 TO-SIGN1C* TO-COMPREHEND1 TO-RECOGNISE1*
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aber [MG]
1178939 | 31-45f
Some teachers don’t pay attention to the interpreter.
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SEVERAL1 WHATEVER1A TO-SIGN1C*
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$PROD
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[MG]
1419607 | 61+m
I did not care, talked to them while signing and would not let them bother me.
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TO-LET1 TO-SIGN1C* TALK3* $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^
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I2
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[MG]
1419607 | 61+m
The Japanese people were very friendly and their signing was very different from everybody else’s.
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JAPAN1 AREA1A^* TO-SIGN1C* DIFFERENT1 TO-SIGN1C*
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japan anders
1430396 | 46-60f
Of course, the signs weren’t completely neat.
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GOOD3* CLEAN1 TO-SIGN1C* $GEST-OFF1^* NO1B
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saub{er} [MG]
1209495-… | 18-30f
They are already used to signing.
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ALREADY1A* HABIT1 TO-SIGN1C* $GEST-NM-NOD-HEAD1^
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schon gewohnt
1182517 | 46-60m
Only simple gestures were used.
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ONLY2A EASY1 TO-SIGN1C* EASY1
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nur einfach [MG] einfach
1245887 | 61+f
How come that your parents knew how to sign?
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QUESTION1* YOUR1* PARENTS-$CANDIDATE-FRA55^ TO-SIGN1C* TO-LEARN1* HOW-QUESTION1*
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frage dein eltern gebärden gelernt wie
1248090 | 31-45m
They were so fast; I didn’t get a thing, anyway.
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TO-SIGN1C* CAN2B* $INDEX1* TO-SIGN1C* $INDEX1* TO-SIGN1G* I1
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kann [MG]
1290359-… | 61+f
In the city, no matter where, there should be sign language courses.
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CITY2* $INDEX1 AREA1A TO-SIGN1C* IN-ADDITION1^* INVOLVED1A*
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stadt gebärden kurs muss dabei
1178364 | 46-60f
However, this didn't quite work out: we started to talk about it, but then we got off topic.
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NEVERTHELESS4* IT-WORKS-OUT1* NOT3A* TO-SIGN1C* DIFFERENT1* $PROD
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trotzdem klappt nicht [MG] andere [MG]
1248090 | 31-45m
They used Dutch signs; I was completely lost.
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HOLLAND1* SIGN-LANGUAGE1B* I1 TO-SIGN1C* I1* TO-DEMAND-TOO-MUCH2 I1
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holland [MG] ich [MG]
1178939 | 31-45f
Right, one signs partly and also tries to communicate.
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IMAGINATION1A HALF1B* $INDEX1 TO-SIGN1C* REASON4A* $INDEX1 HOW-QUESTION1*
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halb wie
1209006 | 18-30m
There was also music and jokes were signed.
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MUSIC1 $GEST-OFF1^ JOKE1* TO-SIGN1C* JOKE1* $GEST-OFF1^
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musik witz witz
1418858 | 31-45m
I started to get nervous, so I began talking to the person sitting next to me.
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I2 NERVOUS1B* TO-GO1A* TO-SIGN1C*
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nervös
1419370 | 31-45m
Sometimes, the interpreter there wouldn’t really understand me when I was signing fast.
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I1* SOMETIMES1 I1 TO-SIGN1C* $GEST-NM^
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manchmal
1419607 | 61+m
The Japanese people were very friendly and their signing was very different from everybody else’s.
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AREA1A^* TO-SIGN1C* DIFFERENT1 TO-SIGN1C*
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japan anders
1183703 | 61+m
I saw these people sign and asked them, “Can we talk?”
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$INDEX1 TO-SIGN1C TO-SIGN1C* $GEST^ TO-SIGN1A*
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I2 $INDEX1*
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[MG]
1430396 | 46-60f
I mean, we already signed.
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$GEST-OFF1^* $GEST-NM-NOD-HEAD1^ $GEST^* TO-SIGN1C*
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ab{er} [MG]
1209495-… | 18-30f
Deaf people start signing from a very early age.
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EVERYDAY-LIFE1 BEGINNING1A TO-GROW2A^* TO-SIGN1C*
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all{tag} anfang
1206010 | 46-60f
I have to add that I was not able to sign in front of an audience at all back then.
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PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 I1 TO-STAND1 TO-SIGN1C* NEVER2B
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früher niemals
1418858 | 31-45m
I started to take a look around more closely, and noticed that most deaf people were in a conversation themselves instead of watching what was happening up front.
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EVERYTHING2 DEAF1A* TYPICAL1* TO-SIGN1C* TO-WATCH2* WHATEVER1A* TO-SIGN1E*
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alle typ{isch} zuschauen [MG]
1248090 | 31-45m
Neither do they use large movements when signing.
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TO-SAY1 REASON4A INTERPRETER3A TO-SIGN1C*
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sagt grund gebärd da da da
1245390 | 61+m
He accepted it, but then rejected the idea of teaching sign language first as a basis; so we got into an argument.
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I1 TO-TEACH1* BASE-GROUND3* TO-SIGN1C* $INDEX1 DEAF1A NO2A
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grundlage gehörlos [MG]
1430832 | 18-30f
His signing as well.
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TO-SIGN1C SUPER2* MAIN3^ I1*
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gebärden
1183203 | 61+f
So, you can just use signs with the child.
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TO-SIGN1C
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1178939 | 31-45f
But always talking about that topic, being asked a million questions, wasn’t great either, of course.
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I2* TO-SIGN1C $INDEX1 SUBJECT1 QUESTION1*
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thema
1585453 | 18-30f
All of a sudden, they started signing about how beautiful sign language was.
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WEIRD-STRANGE1* TO-SIGN1C SIGN-LANGUAGE1A* BEAUTIFUL1A $GEST-OFF1^
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[LM:paf] gebärdensprache schön
1292768 | 61+m
I saw everyone signing all over the place.
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TO-LOOK-AT1* TO-SIGN1C TO-SWARM1*
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viel plau{dern} plau{dern} [MG]
2935384-… | 61+m
They were over the moon, because a deaf parent was signing.
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FATHER1 DEAF1A* TO-SIGN1C $GEST-OFF1^
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$INDEX1
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vater gehörlos [MG]
1183203 | 61+f
Later on, you can take the time to look at books with your child and explain them.
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BOOK1A $INDEX1 TO-EXPLAIN1 TO-SIGN1C
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buch erklären
1183203 | 61+f
But for what? If, for example, I had a child and knew that it was deaf, I could always use signs to communicate.
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$INDEX1* DEAF1A SHORTLY-IMMEDIATELY1* TO-SIGN1C
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gleich
2025500 | 46-60m
I’m able to adapt to a person’s language level; it doesn’t matter whether they’re well-educated or really uneducated.
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ON-PERSON1 VERY7* I1* TO-SIGN1C CAN2B
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[MG] [MG]
1183703 | 61+m
I saw these people sign and asked them, “Can we talk?”
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$INDEX1 TO-SIGN1C TO-SIGN1C* $GEST^
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DEAF1A* I2
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[MG]
1178939 | 31-45f
When the teacher asked a question, it took a moment until the interpretation was done.
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QUESTION1 DONE1B MEASURE-TINY-BIGGER1^* TO-SIGN1C BIT1B* DEFICIT1* BIT3
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frage fertig [MG] bis{schen} [MG] [MG]
1177275 | 46-60m
They aren’t allowed to speak, they have to sign.
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LOUD4^* NOT3B* TO-SIGN1C
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CLOSE-MOUTH2
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[MG] nicht [MG]
1292458 | 18-30m
But sometimes I talk to people who come from a real big city, like Leipzig, for example.
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SUDDENLY4* IF-OR-WHEN1A TODAY3 TO-SIGN1C WITH1A DIFFERENT2* PEOPLE2*
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[MG] wenn heute mit anderen
1292458 | 18-30m
Just recently I met a person from Leipzig.
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RECENTLY1B TO-GET-TO-KNOW1* ON-PERSON1 TO-SIGN1C $INDEX1 LEIPZIG1A* SELF1A*
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[MG] kennenlern leipzig
1178939 | 31-45f
And then there would be someone else, accompanying it with German Sign Language.
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$NUM-ORDINAL1:2 PERSON1* DGS1 TO-SIGN1C
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d-g-s [MG]
1418858 | 31-45m
At some point you need the chance to comment, to talk and if there is no chance to ask questions, you can just forget about it all together.
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ALL1B TO-NEED1 $PROD TO-SIGN1C TO-RAISE-HAND-OR-TO-SIGNAL1 QUESTION1* LONG-TEMPORAL1A
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brauchen raus [MG] fra{ge} fra{ge} la{nge}
1248862 | 18-30f
In between there was a break, the actors put on their plays.
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TO-SHOW1A PERSON1 SELF1A* TO-SIGN1C
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[MG] selbst
1413251 | 31-45m
The German language and DGS should be taught neatly, in full.
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LANGUAGE4B FULL2C CLEAN1 TO-SIGN1C $ALPHA-SK:S
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sprache voll sauber [MG] {d-g}-s
1183203 | 61+f
Already before entering school, she was fully-competent at signing.
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ALREADY1A BEFOREHAND2 FULL2A* TO-SIGN1C SCHOOL2H $PROD
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schon vorher voll schule
1178939 | 18-30f
For example, one could sign on one day only.
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DAY1B* $INDEX1 ONLY2A TO-SIGN1C
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tag nur gebärden
1183203 | 61+f
She has an interpreter at school.
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INTERPRETER1 $PROD $INDEX1 TO-SIGN1C INTERPRETER1* $PROD
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dolmetscher wer
1205568 | 61+m
It would’ve been better for you in Munich, where the teachers sign, too.
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MASTER2A^ TEACHER5 MASTER2A^* TO-SIGN1C
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[MG] [MG]
1413251 | 46-60m
Two or three of my friends sign without mouthing, which is a bit weird.
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$NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:3d ALL2A CLOSE-MOUTH2 TO-SIGN1C I1* $GEST-NM^
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[MG]
1183203 | 61+f
If a teacher were to sign and to write everything down as well, then the children would be able to learn it simultaneously and they would pick up on it quickly.
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TO-SIGN1A $INDEX1 $PROD TO-SIGN1C $INDEX1* $PROD
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$INDEX1
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und dann da
