WHEN
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Glossing from English to ASL- WHEN
Savvy User Kathie W 
Savvy Member
Monday, December 28, 2015
A good point was made concerning the sign "WHEN". When this sign is not used as a question, how would the following example be glossed from English to ASL?
"When you go to the store, please buy me some milk."
ASL gloss
Brenda Cartwright Savvy Admin
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Here you go: If store you go, milk buy please. Hope this helps! BC
Another gloss
Brenda Cartwright Savvy Admin
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Or here is another option: When you go store, milk buy please.
Third option
Brenda Cartwright Savvy Admin
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Or: When store you go, milk buy please.
Thanks!
Savvy User kathy Savvy Guest
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Thanks for that bit of info Zachary. I knew that this sign was only for wh-questions but I didn't know what sign to use in non-question contexts. Now I do.
Tiffani
Savvy User tiffani Savvy Guest
Monday, May 30, 2011
I have an asl dictionary on my phone that does the sign for when just a little different. The signer makes the circle above the left pointer finger(for people who are right-handed) then they go back and touch the right finger with the left. Is this ok?
Tiffani
Savvy User tiffani Savvy Guest
Friday, June 3, 2011
I just realized that I described the sign your doing now! What I meant to say is that the circle is kind of off to the side of the left index finger, then they touch. Make sense?
When
Vlovesgod Savvy Guest
Saturday, November 19, 2011
I learned for WH when what you just described, it looks similar to the one in the video except it's a little tilted not right above twirling the index finger and than meeting..anyone know if this is okay? What I was taught by my ASL instructor?
When as a Question?
Savvy User danny Savvy Member
Saturday, April 7, 2012
I understand that it is also importand to give the proper facial expression. Scrunching the eyes and tilting the head forward aids the other person to know that you are asking a Q for his response
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Savvy User Zachary
Savvy Guest
Monday, March 29, 2010
Note this is only the sign for the WH-question word. Not, for example: "WHEN you go to the store, please buy me some milk." In that context (not a WH-question word) the appropriate sign is HAPPEN.