It makes the sentence more clear if I keep MY + DOG together. I’d really label MY as a topical comment because I wouldn’t sign it without the topic. What if you have more than one comment in a sentence? #3 My dog is small, brown, and silly. Related: ASL Foundations << learn more of what NOT to sign in relation to ASL Grammar. With the exception of when signing the proper name/title of something. Remember in ASL you don’t sign 'to' unless it’s absolutely necessary and relevant and can’t be signed another way. Putting it all together we have this: TOMORROW LIBRARY I GO The 'really' in the English sentence would be shown with your face and not by signing REAL. What are we saying about fish? I don’t really like them. What’s the sentence’s main topic? Fish. Yes, you could think it’s I, but in this case, it is not. Let’s break down some sentences together. REFERENT = This is when you refer back to the subject/topic that you’re talking about. Who or what are you talking about?ĬOMMENT/ACTION = the adjective, description, verb, what’s happening to or regarding the subject.

For instance, how to add -ed to your signs. Related: Learn ASL Grammar: Past Present and Future Tenses << specific instruction for the TIME in your sentences. TIME = which in English would mean tenses. TIME + TOPIC + REFERENT + COMMENT + ACTION + REFERENT Variants for the 2 basic structures you may see (plus many other possible combinations): The basic ASL sentence structure in 2 ways: