ASL Signs 1

homework

Touch the cheek just once and whack your non-dominant hand just once.

later

Take your dominant hand and start with an 'L'-sign, with your index finger and thumb extended at right angles.

Yes

Take a hand and make it into a fist and bob it back and forth.

No

Take your first two fingers and tap them with your thumb.

Slow

Place your non-dominant arm in front of you with your palm down, then move your dominant hand slowly and gently from the tip of your non-dominant hand all the way to the bend of your arm.

Practice

The right "A" hand brushes up against the top side of the left index finger.

Understand

Hold your dominant hand up into a fist in front of you, then flicking your pointer finger up.

Don't Understand

use confused face and shake head "no"

Again

Bend your dominant hand at the large knuckles and then move your hand in a bit of an arc and touch the palm of your non-dominant (flat) hand with the fingertips of your (bent) dominant hand.

Fine

Bring one open hand up to the middle of your chest, with you thumb pointing towards you. Tap your thumb on your chest a couple of times.

Name

Stick out your index and middle finger of both hands. Form a cross through moving the fingers of both hands together. Repeat the movement.

I/me

Point to yourself.

Learn

Hold your left hand out and act like you are picking something up, then lift it up and stick it on your head through your forehead.

Meet

Hands should face the people who are meeting

Nice

Place your left hand in front of you, palm up, and move the flat palm of your right hand across your left hand. (If you are right handed).

Hearing(not deaf)

The movement is a small rotation. Up, forward, down, and back. Repeat twice. Think of words tumbling forth from the mouth.

Deaf

Raise your index finger and move it to your cheek near the ear. From there, make a movement to a spot on your cheek near your mouth and chin.

Hard-of-Hearing

Use "h"

Who

Place the tip of your thumb on your chin with your index finger extended. Bend your index finger twice.

What

Turning up your open hands, with fingers spread apart and hands slightly curved and relaxed. Move both hands back and forth simultaneously while furrowing your brow

Where

Hold your hand in front of you and "pivot" the hand side to side a couple of times. The movement is in the wrist and elbow NOT in the finger joint.

How

Sometimes people only twist out one hand and other times they twist out both

Friend

Hold out both of your index fingers hooked in a curved or 'C'-like shape. Holding one hand with your hook index facing up, hook the second index into the first. Then reverse the position for the hands and do it again.

Want

Two-handed "loose-5" held in mid-space, palms up, drawn backward at the same time the handshape of the hands forms into the "claw" shape.

Like(interest)

Place both your right thumb and your index finger close to your chest. Extend your other fingers. As you move your hand forward slightly, bring your thumb and index finger together.

Know

Touch the side of your forehead with the tips of the fingers of your hand in a flat shape.

Don't Know

Point to your forehead with your dominant hand with fingers together and move your hand away from you, while slightly shaking your head to show negation.

You

Point to the person you’re referring to.

Teacher

Starts with both hands held up near the head in somewhat "flattened O" handshapes. Then, do a “person” signifier.

Sign language

Form both hands into "1" hand shapes. Then draw a couple of large circles in the air with the tip of each index finger.

School

Quickly bring your your dominant hand down onto your base hand twice as if clapping.

Teach

Both flat "O" hands apart in front of upper face, palms facing each other, moves forward.

Thank you

Take your dominant hand (depending on whether you are left- or right-handed) to your chin and move it slightly down and towards the person you are talking to.