FOR
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FOR
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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)
Examples of Usage
English Sentence
I always tell my students to reach for the stars.
ASL Gloss
English Sentence
Next week we're hosting a special dinner for all employees and their spouses.
ASL Gloss
NEXT WEEK WE TAKE-UP (HOST) SPECIAL DINNER FOR ALL-OF-THEM WORKERS AND SPOUSES.
English Sentence
Sean Forbes is a deaf hip-hop artist who makes music accessible to the deaf community.
ASL Gloss
S-E-A-N F-O-R-B-E-S HIMSELF DEAF H-I-P H-O-P MUSICIAN HE MAKES MUSIC ACCESSIBLE FOR DEAF COMMUNITY.
English Sentence
Phyllis Frelich was a deaf actress and famous for winning the 1980 Best Actress Tony Award for the play "Children of a Lesser God."
ASL Gloss
P-H-Y-L-L-I-S F-R-E-L-I-C-H HERSELF DEAF ACTRESS FAMOUS WHY? WIN T-O-N-Y AWARD FOR PLAY QUOTE “CHILDREN O-F A L-E-S-S-E-R GOD.”
English Sentence
Louise Fletcher is a CODA and was the third actress in history to win an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for a single performance.
ASL Gloss
L-O-U-I-S-E F-L-E-T-C-H-E-R SHE C-O-D-A HERSELF ACTRESS SHE WON THREE AWARDS ONE-OF-THREE O-S-C-A-R TWO-OF-THREE B-A-F-T-A THREE-OF-THREE G-L-O-D-E-N G-L-O-B-E FOR ONE MOVIE QUOTE O-N-E F-L-E-W O-V-E-R T-H-E C-U-C-K-O-O-S N-E-S-T QUOTE.
English Sentence
My grandma bakes cherry pie for my birthday.
ASL Gloss
English Sentence
Dr. Charles Nicolle was born hearing but became deaf by the age of 20. He was the first deaf person to receive a Nobel Prize. It was for discovering Typhus is spread by lice.
ASL Gloss
D-R C-H-A-R-L-E-S N-I-C-O-L-L-E HE BORN HEARING EAR DETERIORATE AGE 20 FULL DEAF. HE FIRST DEAF GET N-O-B-E-L P-R-I-Z-E FOR DISCOVERING T-Y-P-H-U-S OUTBREAK START HOW? FROM L-I-C-E
English Sentence
I want to ask you another question.
ASL Gloss
English Sentence
I wanted to buy a ticket for the game but they had none left.
ASL Gloss
English Sentence
As a young girl, Alice Cogswell, inspired her neighbor, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, to devote his life to educating the deaf and to create the American School for the Deaf. She and six other deaf children were the first students to attend the American School for the Deaf in 1817.
ASL Gloss
LITTLE DEAF GIRL NAME A-L-I-C-E C-O-G-S-W-E-L-L MET NEIGHBOR HIS NAME T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T. HE FASCINATED HER. YEAR 1871 HE ESTABLISHED AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR DEAF. SHE AND SIX OTHER STUDENTS FIRST ENTER A-S-D
English Sentence
Laughter is good for your mental health.
ASL Gloss
English Sentence
Marlee Matlin is a famous Deaf Actress. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her role in the movie Children of a Lesser God.
ASL Gloss
M-A-R-L-E-E M-A-T-L-I-N SHE FAMOUS DEAF ACTRESS. SHE WON BOTH A-C-A-D-E-M-Y A-W-A-R-D G-O-L-D-E-N G-L-O-B-E FOR HER ROLE MOVIE QUOTE CHILDREN O-F A L-E-S-S-E-R GOD.
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Savvy User G
Friday, November 9, 2012
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do Deaf people sign "for?" I know that ASL has some rules and I know most of them...but I don't know any other way you could say 'for' so I guess they use this?