asl 1+2 vocab (pt 2)

cool (temperature)

repeated

heavy

big, large

light (weight)

surprised

remember facial expression

interesting

basically sign LIKE with both hands

sleepy

asleep

shut eyes

wake-up

open eyes

sleep-in (oversleep)

SLEEP + SUNRISE

early

late/not-yet

pizza (sacramento ver)

pizza (fingerspell ver)

ver 1: fs-pi, then “double x’s” (refer to image) moving in “z” motion, then fs-a. ver 2: ver 2 but w/o the fs-pi in the beginning

milk

C to S letter handshape

hamburger

like the sign FRIEND but with whole palm

full (of food)

full (amount)

ketchup

repeated twice

onion

cheekbone

cheese

rotate heel of right hand on palm of left back and forth

vegetable

tomato

ver 2: flat “o” handshape for left hand

hotdog

egg

tap

apple

cheek

drink

can’t

can

spoon

don’t have to move towards mouth like sign SOUP does

soup

move right hand higher towards mouth + rise left hand higher a bit

fork

poke palm few times - ver2: letter “W” handshape

cup/can

small repeated tap (like twice)

cereal

repeat handshape from pointing to “x” 2 or 3 times when crossing the face

water

tap chin twice

thirsty

facial expression w furrowed brow

hungry/wish

recent/recently (adjective or adverb)

buy

new

old

young

can be done once or twice

how-old

sign HOW —> sign OLD twice quickly w/ furrowed eyebrows

animal

The fingers stay straight. The hands pivot inward toward each other twice

candy

twist finger twice on cheek

cookie

claw handshape - tap, rotate, tap

shirt/volunteer

pitch shirt and tug outwards a few times

pants

socks

brush fingers together few times

shoes

“s” handshapes, tap together twice

size/measurement

“y” handshape, thumbs tap

engineer

MEASURE (image) + PERSON

to measure/measuring (verb)

one hand stationary, other pivots up and down from thumb (repeated)

coat

wash

both “a” handshape: bottom hand stationary, top hand “scrubs” in circular motion)

wash (a car or wall)

“a” handshape in circular motion, can be one or two hands

wash (dishes)

dominant hand moves in a circle, non-dominant hand is stationary (represents the dish being washed)

wash laundry/washing machine

Both hands twist, return to their starting point and twist again. Think of loosening a jar, tightening it, and loosening it again

wash (face)

“a” handshape, circular motion at face

dirty

nice/clean

hurt/pain

fingers do jabbing motion, but don’t touch - do stronger if really hurts -can be done on or near the part of the body that is feeling pain OR point to area then sign OR for hands, sign HANDS then sign HURT/PAIN

hurt (injury)

twist fingers - right hand twists one way, left hand the other way once

bathroom

“t” handshape, shake

brush-teeth

show teeth, finger “brushes” back and forth 

sleep

close eyes during sign

dollar

money

dominant hand flatted “o” shape, tap on non-dominant twice

cost/price

how-much

“questioning” facial expression

how-many

“questioning” facial expression

pay

directional (finger flicks towards who is paid)

many

people

what-kind/what-type

w/ furrowed eyebrows, “k” handshape, spins around

to buy/purchase

coffee

fall/autumn

snow

chocolate

welcome

pay-attention

twice

forget

town/city

tap tips of fingers together each time

study

flutter fingers, move hand forwards and backwards from left hand

paint

read

cat

repeated few times

dog

snap fingers twice OR fs-d to g fast

fox

twist hand twice