In English, you might say, "I watched the video yesterday," but in ASL, it is not necessary to use the past tense of "watch." Why?

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Responses

because it is too complicated to sign past tenses of verbs

because it is too complicated to sign past tenses of verbs

because "yesterday" already indicates the past

because "yesterday" already indicates the past

because in ASL, everything happens in the present

because in ASL, everything happens in the present

because all verbs in ASL are already in the past tense

because all verbs in ASL are already in the past tense

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The correct response is: because "yesterday" already indicates the past.

In ASL, time indicators like "yesterday" convey the temporal context, so there's no need to modify the verb to reflect past tense.