Mouth: a-s-l
Translational equivalent: American Sign Language
by transcript | by glosses | by right neighbours | by left neighbours
goe10 | 46-60m
Then those two hearing women started talking in ASL.
r BEGINNING1A ASL1 TO-SIGN1A* l WOMAN10* $INDEX1 m frauen anfang a-s-l
goe10 | 46-60m
I talked to them and apologized for not knowing ASL.
r BOTH2A* CAN2A* NOT3A ASL1 l m kann nicht a-s-l
goe10 | 46-60m
They kept on talking in ASL.
r $INDEX1 AND-THEN2 FURTHER1B ASL1 TO-SIGN1A* l m und dann weiter a-s-l
goe10 | 46-60m
She loved ASL and she used one hundred percent sign language.
r $INDEX1 $INDEX1 TO-LOVE-STH1 ASL1 $NUM-HUNDREDS1:1 PERCENT3* SIGN-LANGUAGE1A l m [MG] a-s-l hundert prozent gebärdensprache
ber01 | 18-30m
It was easy to learn ASL in Essen. Yet, you couldn't do so in East Germany.
r EASY-OR-LIGHT1* $INDEX1* TO-SIGN1E* ASL1 WEIRD-STRANGE1^* EAST1B NONE7B l m leicht a-s-l [MG] ost [MG]
goe08 | 18-30f
Yes, ASL is used most widely; I think so, too.
r $ALPHA1:A-S YES2 ASL1 MOST1B EQUAL8* l m a-s-l a-s-l meist [MG]
ber01 | 18-30m
Exactly, I took classes in ASL and started to get better.
r TO-OBTAIN1* BEGINNING1A TO-TEACH1* ASL1 TO-TEACH1* UPHILL-IMPROVING1* CAN2B l m anfang a-s-l [MG]
nue03 | 46-60m
They sign in DGS [German Sign Language] and English, either in BSL or in ASL.
r TO-SIGN1G* BSL1 OR1* ASL1 l m … b-s-l oder a-s-l
nue03 | 46-60m
ASL and BSL are not the same, they differ from each other.
r $GEST^ ASL1 BSL1 NOT3A EQUAL1A* l m a-s-l b-s-l nicht gleich
nue04 | 31-45m
A few others, two, three, four of our class knew some ASL, too, so we shared what we knew and talked.
r CLASS9 PERSON1 CAN1 ASL1 TO-SIGN1G* TO-EXCHANGE-COMMUNICATION2 TALK2B* l m klasse kann a-s-l [MG]
fra04 | 61+m
It was in ASL.
r $INDEX1 $ALPHA1:S-L* $INDEX1 ASL1 l m a-s-l a-s-l
goe04 | 31-45m
However, they use ASL in America.
r BUT1* AMERICA1* ASL1 NOT3A TO-SIGN1D $GEST-NM-NOD-HEAD1^* l m aber am{erika} a-s-l
goe08 | 18-30f
Like DGS in Germany, you use BSL in England, and ASL in the U.S.
r TO-SIGN1A* ENGLAND4 AMERICA1* ASL1 AMERICA1* SOMETIME1^ l TO-BELONG1^ TO-BELONG1^* m england amerika a-s-l amerika
goe04 | 31-45m
We have ASL. That’s enough, isn’t it?
r $GEST-NM-NOD-HEAD1^ GOOD1^* $INDEX1 ASL1 $INDEX1* $GEST-DECLINE1^ ENOUGH1B l m a-s-l [MG] [MG] genug
goe04 | 31-45m
Why doesn’t ASL become a worldwide language?
r WORLD1* TO-SIGN1D* LANGUAGE1* ASL1 l m weltgebärdensprache a-s-l
fra11 | 18-30f
I went to the U.S. a little while ago, and I quickly picked up some ASL. I found it extremely interesting.
r AMERICA1* DIRECTION3^* $INDEX1 ASL1 I1 FAST3A TO-LEARN1 l m amerika a-s{-l} [MG] schnell ler{nen}
fra02 | 31-45m
And I thought ASL is similar to our sign language.
r EQUAL8 l $INDEX1 ASL1 $INDEX1 TO-THINK1B m a-s-l [MG] [MG]
goe04 | 31-45m
I don’t know a thing about ASL.
r ASL1 I1* l $INDEX1* $INDEX2 m a-s-l ich [MG]
fra15 | 46-60m
We didn't use ASL. International signs were used here and there.
r NOT3A ASL1 NOT3A* INTERNATIONAL1* $INDEX2 l m nicht a-s-l nicht international
fra04 | 61+m
Yes, ASL.
r ASL1 TO-BELONG1 l $INDEX1 m a-s-l ja
fra02 | 31-45m
They strongly held on to ASL.
r HARD1A COHERENCE1A^ l ASL1 $INDEX2 m hart a-s-l
stu07 | 46-60m
He means ASL.
r ASL1 OPINION1B TO-BELONG1^ $INDEX1 l m a-s-l meint
lei03 | 18-30m
Deaf Canadians use ASL, but I didn’t understand it.
r $INDEX1 TO-SIGN1A l CANADA3 PERSON1 ASL1 I1 I1 m … kanada a-s-l
lei03 | 18-30m
Is it the same ASL as in the US?
r $INDEX1 ASL1 LIKE2* AMERICA1* OR4B* l m a-s-l wie amerika oder
lei03 | 18-30m
Unfortunately, my ASL skills have become pretty rusty, because there are just no opportunities for me to communicate in ASL here.
r TO-REDUCE3 l SOMETIME1 ASL1 I2* WHO3 m [MG] [MG]
lei03 | 18-30m
I would like to learn a bit of ASL.
r I1 TO-WANT1A TO-LEARN1 ASL1 BIT2A l m will lernen a-s-l
fra02 | 31-45m
And you wanted to say something about the connection between ASL and DGS [short for German Sign Language].
r TO-WISH1B* BEFOREHAND4* YOU1* ASL1* TO-BELONG1^* TO-LINK1B $INDEX1 l YOU1 m wünsch vorher a-s-l
goe08 | 18-30f
The similarities between International Sign and ASL are striking.
r ASL1* $GEST^ INTERNATIONAL1 MOST1B l m a international meist
nue04 | 31-45m
I learned ASL at the Realschule in Munich.
r ASL1* THROUGH2A SCHOOL1A MUNICH1A* l m a-s-l durch realschule münchen
nue04 | 31-45m
Someone from an exchange school came to teach ASL.
r TO-MOVE2* TO-COME1* TO-TEACH1* ASL1* TO-TEACH1* $GEST^ l m a-s-l
fra02 | 31-45m
What I find interesting as well is that ASL is more similar to its spoken equivalent.
r TO-PONDER1^ AMERICA1 $INDEX1* ASL1* $INDEX1* CLOSE-BY1A l HEARING1A m amerika a-s-l nah hören
koe19 | 31-45m
Americans used ASL.
r AMERICA1* TO-SIGN1G* DIFFERENT1* ASL1* l m amerika a-s-l
stu07 | 46-60m
There’s a huge vocabulary in ASL as well as in DGS.
r ASL1* MORE8A WORD2 VALUE1B l m a-s-l mehr wortschätze
fra02 | 31-45m
That’s why I think that ASL is not open-minded.
r THEREFORE1 I1 ASL1* $GEST-TO-PONDER1^* NOT3A WORLD1 l m darum a-s-l weltoffen
