In ASL the sentence structure is (time)topic>comment.
In this sentence, what would you sign first?
I went to the store yesterday with my mom.
went
store
mom
yesterday
In ASL, the correct order of signing the elements in the sentence "I went to the store yesterday with my mom" would be:
yesterday > I > mom > store > went.
The first step in signing this sentence in American Sign Language (ASL) would be to sign the time component, which is "yesterday" in this case.
In American Sign Language (ASL), the sentence structure typically follows the pattern of (time)topic>comment. When signing a sentence like "I went to the store yesterday with my mom," you would first sign the time element, followed by the topic, and then the comment.
In this particular sentence, the time element is "yesterday," the topic is "store," and the comment is "I went with my mom." Therefore, you would sign the time element "yesterday" first, followed by signing "store," and concluding with signing the comment "I went to the store with my mom."