| Sign |
Description of Action |
| . |
|
| can |
Hold "a"
hands in front of the chest area, thumbs pointing upward. Move both
hands down firmly together, stopping at the waist. |
|
|
| cook |
Place the
palm side
of the right hand in the upturned palm of the left hand. Then turn the
right hand over, resting the back side of the right hand in the left
palm. Note: the sign is to suggest turning food over in a frying pan,
for example, flipping a pancake. |
|
|
| I (ASL) |
Point to
self, mid chest. |
|
|
| I (SE) |
Touch the
"i" hand to the center of the chest. |
|
|
| learn |
Gently touch the fingers of
the right "and" hand to the left upturned palm. Move the right hand to
the forehead, as if
transferring information from the hand to the brain. |
|
|
| read |
Move a
right "v" hand downward across a left open palm. |
|
|
| sign |
Using "d"
hands, rotate in a circular motion toward the body. Hands should not be
parallel - keep one hand up when the other is down and vice versa. |
|
|
| sing |
Wave right
flat hand in the crook of the left arm. |
|
|
| study |
With right
open fingers pointing toward the open palm of the left hand (left palm
facing right, fingers
closed), wiggle fingers slightly. Note: Some signers also move the
right
hand back and forth a short distance from the left hand, to indicate
pouring
over the same material again and again. |
|
|
| teach |
Hold
closed hands, palms facing outward and fingers touching thumbs,
in front of the body, leaving
about six inches between hands. Open and close hands twice to indicate
the
imparting of information. |
|
|
| work |
Tap the
right "s" hand on the back of the left "s" hand. |
