Family

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 28 June 2004, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

NOT ONLY (2h)YOU, NOT ONLY ME. WE NOT SEPARATE"each". ALL-OF-US IDEA~LIKE FAMILY. NOW DREAM FOR ALL-OF-US. NOW DREAM CAN BECOME REAL. THEY-lf PEOPLE CAN'T PREVENT US NOW. DOESN'T-MATTER HOW THEY-lf FEEL. OFF-our-MIND.

NOT ONLY alt.YOU, NOT ONLY ME. ANY* alt.DREAM WE HAVE, INCLUDE OUR FAMILY. WE NOT ISOLATED NOW. WE ASSEMBLE HERE. TOGETHER HERE. OUR DREAM EXPANDwg. NOW TIME ARRIVE WE SHARE"each" MUST. DON'T FEEL MUST alt.GO-AWAY, NOT-THAT. (2h)#ALL TOGETHER CAN. GO-AHEAD SHARE"each". ||: (repeat twice, once > lf, then > rt) SUPPOSE (2h)YOU FEEL SCARED AGAIN. :|| #DO-DO? WE CAN ENCOURAGE SUPPORT SUPPORT EACH-OTHER.

WE IDEA~LIKE FAMILY. BECOME STRONGER; BECOME WISER. WE IDEA~LIKE FAMILY. LIKE TALL TREE (2h)C-CL'trunk' (2h)5-CLwg'branching out' ARRIVE SKY. WE IDEA~LIKE FAMILY. NOT ONLY alt.YOU, NOT ONLY ME. WE IDEA~LIKE FAMILY, LIKE TALL TREE. BECOME STRONGER; BECOME WISER. AND WE GROWwg'tall' FREE. BUT WE NEED alt.YOU. (pause) WHY? WE IDEA~LIKE FAMILY'slowly, until it becomes an embrace.'


Notes: (2h)YOU - Underlined prounouns (ME, YOU, HE) are honorific index (HON.-IX), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

#ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.

IDEA~LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.

OFF-our-MIND - (2h)[open 8] touch forehead and palms turn away and descend.

ASSEMBLE - (2h)[S], FO > signer, move > signer while opening to (2h)[5wg].

EXPANDwg - DH [S] is held inside of NDH [C], FOs away. Hands separate while opening into (2h)[5:] and cheeks are puffed out.

alt.GO-AWAY - (2h)[5^] alt. move diagonally away while closing to an [O^].

NOT-THAT - (2h)[5], POs away, FOs up, wave from side to side symmetrically.

(2h)#ALL - [A], PO up, FO > DS is held at DS then swings away in an arc and ends [L^], PO up, FO > NDS.

(2h)C-CL'trunk' - (2h)[C], POs <, FOs away, rise to show the trunk of a tree.

(2h)5-CLwg'branching out'0 (2h)[5wg], POs away, expand out like branches.

GROWwg'tall' - Like GROW, but DH FT wg and rise farther than normal.

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