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if you’re reading this, it’s too late

I already sent good vibes your way… they’re coming. there’s nothing you can do to stop them

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I post on Tumblr when I’m feeling depressed.

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Buy me horchata so I know it's real.

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how to build a sentence!!

i was taught back in freshman year of high school that there are two ways you can structure a sentence. for example:

american sign language(ASL)

TIME+SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT

this structure is commonly called glossing.

say i pick a sentence from a song 

“i just cant stop loving you.”

by glossing, you have a reorganized sentence.

“I NOT STOP LOVE YOU”

there is also active and passive signing.

if the subject is your topic , you are using an active voice.

“I EAT CANDY”

if the object is your topic you are using a passive voice.

“CANDY, I EAT”

fun fact- a lot of people tend to use an active voice because of how similar it is to English grammar.

a topicalized sentence is using the object of the sentence as the topic and introducing it as a “yes/no question expression” ending with a comment.

1. topicalized

“YOUR CANDY? I EAT YESTERDAY”

your candy is the topic and the sentence is in object-verb-subject word order.

 2.Non-topicalized

“ I ate YOUR CANDY YESTERDAY”

woahhh kaylee, you made an error. why is ate not capitalized but the rest of the sentence is?

well first off, i didn’t make an error. second, words that have a sign for them such as “SOUR” are in caps. words without a sign such as “of, ate,ran,” can be finger spelled but then you'd be using SEE instead of ASL. there aren’t past tense words, that’s why you say what time of day it is!! “YESTERDAY, I RUN” or “I RUN YESTERDAY”.

either way is fine.

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signing exact english

that is exactly what it sounds like. SEE is based on signs drawn from asl but is expanded using words that give a complete visual representation. “the girl had soft, silky hair.”

thats all i can think of atm so if you have anything else on asl and see let me know/add on. i might add on a bit later tho after i go shower brb

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ASL should be taught in schools

Like seriously I think ASL (American sign language) or any type of sign language should be a language choice in school. Just knowing the basics could really help and I think it’s important for hearing (non deaf) people to maybe know a few basic signs. I’ve seen more and more people learning it and I think it’s amazing. It would just be really cool if it was a language choice at schools.

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Here’s my interpretation of the song “Guns and Ships” from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. Please share and subscribe! More videos to come :)

more Hamilton ASL translations

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Closer - ASL

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My laundry basket is self-loading.

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HEY !! Here’s a video of me signing “fergalicious” for one of my asl projects !! :)

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Well I made my DV survivor blog. survivvingmotherhood.tumblr.com I haven't really posted anything yet, it's late so I'll probably post some more tomorrow. Anyone wanting to follow is welcome to

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I'm thinking of making another blog, one that is dedicated to what it's been like to be a parent after going through a domestic violence situation. I think it would probably be good for me to have a space to pour my frustrations with my children's behaviors and a place to vent about how difficult it has been for me to return to an emotionally healthy life after going through years of abuse.

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The race to build the world’s tallest skyscraper has reached new heights - and taken a turn in direction.

Designs for ‘The Big Bend’, a slender tower that would transform Manhattan’s skyline have been unveiled.

Described as the ‘longest building in the world’, the project’s concept drawings reveal a skyscraper reaching an apex then curving back down. And featuring an elevator system that can travel in curves, horizontally and in loops.

In a bid to work around the challenges of New York’s zoning laws, design studio Oiio has imagined an innovative concept to straddle across Billionnaire’s Row on 57th Street.

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This dog sucks at fetch

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I don’t understand how people dislike seaweed

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Bullying

The non-dominant hand is in a 1 hand shape, signifying the person that is being bullied. The dominant hand is in the Y hand shape describing the head of a bull with two horns. The dominant hand touches the non-dominant hand’s index finger in between the two horns and hits the index finger and twists at the wrist as if the finger is being head-butted by a bull.

American Sign Language: Advanced Vocabulary 1.A

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Some signs I use a lot in combination while I’m nonverbal

Gif 1: want Gif 2: need Gif 3: toy Gif 4: headphones Gif 5: water Gif 6: home