ASL Tenses | Past, Present, Future

This video tutorial teaches how to sign tenses in American Sign Language (ASL) using a body timeline concept. It covers past, present, and future tense signs, explaining how to position them relative to the body to indicate time. The tutorial also demonstrates how to incorporate numbers with time signs for specific time expressions. The video emphasizes the ASL sentence structure of time, topic, and comment, showing how to construct sentences with different tenses.

What is the concept of the body timeline in ASL?

How do you indicate past events in ASL?

What is the significance of facial expressions when signing tenses?

Describe the sign for 'yesterday' in ASL.

How do you sign 'a month ago' in ASL?

What signs would you use to indicate something that happened a long time ago?

What is the structure of an ASL sentence regarding time?

Explain how to sign 'two weeks' in ASL.

What is the difference between the signs for 'future' and 'will'?

How do you express the concept of 'next year' in ASL?