BSL structure…. what? (Yes, that’s it)

Okay, so what is BSL structure? Here is a quick story in it, to help you get your head around it.

"Pigs little, three. Live where? One, house. Made what? Straw. Two, house. Made what? Mud. Three, house. Made what? Brick. Wolf want what? Pigs. Why? Yummy. House, which? One. Wolf do what? house blow down. Pig do what? Run away. scared.House, which? Two. Wolf do what? House blow down. Pig do what? Run away. Cry. House, which? Three. Wolf do what? house blow down try. Impossible. Try hard. Wolf upset. Pigs Happy. Finish."

See how concise it is. And how different the lay out is to English.
Confused? Don’t be, it’s pretty simple, and with practice you will learn to automatically use it.
Basically-

Time: (recently, last week, 20 minutes ago) Usually, time goes first. You must decide what is appropriate. For example if you are saying ‘I’m looking over the fence’ you would put the fence first. When saying ‘recently I looked over the fence’ put recently first, and if you are saying ‘a long time ago I looked over the fence’ you have a choice between simply signing ‘a long time ago do what? Look over fence’ or ‘looked over fence. When? Long time ago’. It depends on what you fancy.

Objects: (ball, wall, house) Objects go after time but first before most other things, when appropriate. Why? Because if you did the sign for ‘looking over’ before you sign the fence you are looking over, you may sign the fence in completely the wrong place. Signing is a lot about placements, so it is important you get the objects in the correct place first.
 E.G- wall look over. ( I looked over the wall)

People and animals: In the middle/where appropriate. Sometimes put first.
 E.G- Zebra do what? Watches Deborah. (The Zebra is watching Deborah)
          Recently met Kelly, why? (Recently I met up with Kelly because….)

Emotions: In the middle/ where appropriate. Usually put after person/animal.
 E.G- Barney upset. (Barney is upset)

Questions: Always go at the end. In BSL level one you may put them at the end and the start, but in BSL level two it is usually just at the end. E.G- Name what? (what is your name)