Classifiers Unit
This page will focus on a review of the classifiers.
Classifier Vocabulary (signed in the YouTube video embedded below):
CL:1
Typically used to show long, skinny things
(For example: pencil, pole, person standing or walking, tree branch, or even a variant sign for HOT DOG.)
Typically used to show long, skinny things
(For example: pencil, pole, person standing or walking, tree branch, or even a variant sign for HOT DOG.)
CL:3
Typically used to show vehicles
(For example: cars, trucks, motorcycles, helicopters, etc. CL:3 is good for showing movement in space.)
CL:4
Used to represent multiple items arranged in a certain way
(For example: hairstyles, curtain styles, rows or lines of people, lines on a surface, eyelashes, etc.)
CL:V
Often used to indicate a person's legs to show standing, walking, lying down, tossing-and-turning, etc.
It can also by signed like the number 2 to represent 2 people walking, etc.
CL:V-bent is used to show legs in the seated position, or chairs, or an animal's legs, etc.
CL:A
Can be used as a building, a house, a trophy, a statue, and similar concepts
(CL:A is good for showing where something is in space.)
CL:C
Typically used to show larger or thick things
(For example: large columns, thick carpet, etc. CL:C is often signed with the mouth movement "CHA")
CL:G
Typically used to show things that are thin
(For example: picture frame, thin book, etc.)
CL:B
Used to represent things that are flat.
(For example: flat surfaces, tables, countertops, shelves, flat ground, a hill, etc.)
Click on the YouTube link on the bottom bar to view these videos full-size on YouTube.com. If the CC is too large, you can decrease the size by clicking the "settings" icon on the same bar, then click CC, then English, then "options."