Dear Cherlene, It was really great to talk to you. Hopefully, our conversations contribute to the improvement of italki platform. All the best to you! Best regards, Karen

Hi Cherlene! Nice job today! This one about qualifiers is really important and goes so much with thinking visually. It's actually very handy because you don't even have to sign the actual proper sign, just show the shape of what you're talking about. For example, if you were talking about drinking a cup of coffee, you wouldn't have to sign "coffee, cup drink." You could just say "coffee", and then show the shape of the cup in your hand and do the motion of drinking from it. It's very natural and visual, and very convenient. 😁👍🏾

Hi Cherlene! I always appreciate how much thought you put into this. For example, when you were spelling something and you stopped to think about whether you were doing it right or not, and then you proceeded. That was great. 😊 Then onto the part about having different forms of the word in hearing languages, but in sign there's only one. This is really important, to understand that in sign it's all about essential meanings. But then that goes one step further in making sure that it looks like what you're trying to say. "Give" is a good example, because "giving" looks totally different depending on what you're giving. Giving a bag of something will look totally different than giving someone a pencil, or a cup of water, just as a few examples. So essential meanings, and visual. 😉👍🏾

Thanks! See you next time!