Question

1. consider this sentence in asl gloss: yesterday me theatre go. this sentence clearly refers to the past, yet the word for the sign finish was not included. what could be a reason for that? the word yesterday already marks the time in which the action took place. for short sentences it is not necessary to add finish. the action is not finished yet so it would be confusing to sign finish. the whole sentence is incorrect.

Explanation:

In American Sign Language (ASL), time markers like "yesterday" can indicate the tense of the action. The word "yesterday" already specifies the past time when the action (going to the theatre) occurred, so the "FINISH" sign (which can mark past tense in some cases) isn't needed here. The other options are incorrect: short sentence length doesn't determine the need for "FINISH", the action (going to theatre yesterday) is a past action (so it is finished), and the sentence structure in ASL gloss with "yesterday" is a valid way to express past action without "FINISH".

Answer:

The word ‘yesterday’ already marks the time in which the action took place.