ASL Interpreting Drills - E–A consecutive - Describing Relationships
Channel: Christopher Bratten
Date: 2020-04-07

This video is intended for beginning to intermediate ASL interpreting practice. It features short English sentences that you can practice translating to American Sign Language. The topic is "Describing Relationships." There's a spoken English audio source, and the text appears on screen. A few seconds of silence appears between each prompt. The prompts are numbered, and a full transcript can be found below.

DESCRIBING RELATIONSHIPS
1. My colleagues and I get along.
2. When did they have a baby?
3. My boyfriend and I have been dating for two months.
4. I know Phil and Sue very well. They’re a lovely couple.
5. She went out with him last year, but they split up in January.
6. Sonia is his ex-girlfriend, but they still talk to each other.
7. My parents were married for twenty years, but now they’re divorced.
8. My father has a new girlfriend, but I don’t think they’re going to get married.
9. I have a good relationship with my roommate.
10. His relationship with his father is difficult.
11. Bobby and Lisa are together now.
12. Growing up, me and my sister were always together.
13. Are you two sweethearts?
14. Sam and Mike are my best friends. We’re very close.
15. I don’t have a romantic relationship with Amber. We’re just friends.
16. My parents separated about three years ago.
17. You two are getting married? When’s the wedding?
18. Who is your closest friend?
19. How long have you known Mary?
20. Where did you and your husband meet?
21. Do you hang out with your cousin often?
22. Do you and your mother-in-law get along?
23. Sam is going to tell you about her partner, Max.
24. Max is my partner, and we have a very good relationship.
25. We’ve been together for about two years. I started dating him after I came to London.
26. We met at my ex-boyfriend’s house. And because Max lived near me, it was easy for us to get to know each other.
27. Now Max wants us to get married and have a baby, but I’m not sure.
28. I have friends who are happily married, but I also know married couples who have split up and are now divorced. I don’t want that to happen to us.
29. In this next story, Darla is talking about her friend Christine.
30. I get along very well with Christine. She’s great. I don’t know why, because we’re completely different.
31. We first met in college, and then we became roommates.
32. If I have a problem, Christine is the first person I ask for advice. She always gives me good advice.
33. We don’t see each other very often now, because we live in different parts of the country. But I’ve known her for a long time, and she will always be my closest friend.