Signing Plurals in ASL
10th Grade · World Languages · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can sign common nouns in their plural form using American Sign Language (ASL).
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In ASL, plurality is shown by repeating the sign, not by adding an "S" as in English.
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To indicate several books, you can repeat the sign for BOOK or show several books on a shelf.
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To emphasize meeting multiple people, sign MEET more than once, as in "MEETING-MANY-PEOPLE".
