ASL1110 Unit 3.1 Vocabulary - Describing Basic Appearances

Adult

Hold your hands as shown with your thumbs sticking out (hands should be at about ear height"); Alternate moving each hand progressively higher than the other near your head

Female / Woman

With left palm open, tap left thumb from chin to chest once

Male / Man

With left palm open, tap left thumb from forehead to chest once

Child

Hold handshape with thump sticking out; bounce handshape up and down twice

Children

Used when referring to more than one child; movement occurs twice

Girl

Movement occurs twice

Boy

Movement occurs twice

If referring to both a boy and girl…

do the movement for “boy” and “girl” only once

Height

Tap the side of your left index finger to your forehead twice

Tall (height)

Make “CHA” mouth movement as you do the sign to indicate “tall”

Average (height)

Sign “AVERAGE” by holding your non-dominant hand palm face down with your thumb pointing towards you; use your left hand (5 handshape) to tap the nook near your right thumb twice. Do the handshape indicating ‘height’ and make “MM” mouth movement or Pursed-lips as you do the sign (movement occurs twice) to indicate “average / regular”

Short (height)

Make “PO” or “OO” mouth movement to indicate “short”

NMM: CHA (tall / big)

“CHA” mouth movement; Non-manual marker used to express “tall” of “big”

NMM: MM or Pursed-lip (average / regular)

“MM” or Pursed lips - non manual marker used to express “average” or “regular”

NMM: PO or OO (short / small)

“PO” or “OO” mouth movement - non manual marker used to express “short” or “small”

Compliments

Review in class? Can’t find on “What’s the Sign” or Google

Handsome / Nice looking

For “Handsome” sign, use a “U” handshape (with palm facing you) and move it a clockwise circle in front of your face; For “Nice looking” sign, first do the movement for ‘thank you’, and then hold a “V” handshape while moving it in a clockwise circle in front of your face

Look different / Unique

The sign for “Look different” is shown in the gif; the sign for “Unique” is shown in the image (left index finger and thumb pull right index finger up diagonally)

Look-alike / Look similar / Resemblance

Used to describe two people who look alike

Beautiful

Sign has ranges (based on how beautiful someone or something is)

Cute

Make slight “OO” mouth shape and squint eyes

Look the same / No change / Not aged one bit

Use both hands to sign “SAME”; this is used to desribe someone whose physical appearance looks the same even after some time

Look great

Sign “LOOK” as in the previous signs, and then sign “GREAT” (palms extend outward in front of you; use facial expressions)