Wikibooks: American Sign Language/Vocabulary 1

With a hand 1 point at the middle of your chest making contact once. gloss you gloss him her Point towards the person s chest with a hand 1 . Fingerspell spell asl 3=fast gloss American Sign Language With intertwined hand 5 s with palms vertical and at right angles (in the wall plane) complete one or two circles with your hands together. With hand 1 s draw circles in the wall plane perpendicular to your shoulders. This version fills your signing space. Alternatively spin your forefingers around each other in a smaller motion. Either one is in the center of your signing space. With hand L s contact the thumbs in the centre of your signing space with palms facing down then wiggle them outwards simultaneously. As if grasping your ball cap in a hand flattened C twice. Open and close your hand twice with the palm facing across your forehead. gloss girl With a hand A img=File Sign language A.svg your thumb traces your jawbone from near your ear to your chin. With a hand 5 tap your thumb to the outside of your chin twice. With a hand 5 tap your thumb to the outside of your forehead. With a hand palm touch the side of your forehead with the fingertips then turn the hand out and away from your face. With a hand S nod your hand up and down a few times in front of your chest facing the viewer. Using a hand pinch open and close twice with your palm facing the viewer. For a more forceful version open and close your fingers only once faster with a hand motion forwards towards the subject of your command. With the hand 1 touch your chin at the ear then at the front of your chin. This version is used for culturally deaf individuals. An alternative sign used for gloss clinically deaf (meaning literally gloss ear closed ) uses a hand 1 to point to your ear then two hand palm s to signify closing a door. Bring the hands together like two shutters in front of that ear. Using two hand H s img=File Sign language H.svg tap the second joint of the middle fingers together on top of one another. With a loose hand A rub the centre of your ...