* In this class: If someone asks you “what is that sign” respond by fingerspelling, miming, or pointing to the written word rather than by voicing. Voicing is boring. Signing is fun.

The sign DRESS is related to the sign “CLOTHES.”  CLOTHES uses a double movement that brushes the thumbs of "5-handshapes" twice on the upper outside areas of your chest.  DRESS uses a single motion that moves further down the body.

Bright

Dark

 1. YOU LIKE CLOTHES BRIGHT, DARK, WHICH?

 Note: SLEEPY is a variation of “SLEEP.” The sign “SLEEPY” flutters the fingers of a bent “four four” hand twice in front of the face.

How is he feeling?

 2. FOR YOU SLEEP MUST DARK?

Note: The sign GROW can be modified to mean PLANT, SPRING-time or GARDEN by repeating the sign.

Or you might choose to sweep the movement a bit to specify a garden / bushes.

 3. DOG DIG FLOWER GROW-GROW (garden) WHY?

Answer: Playing Answer: Dogs are Stupid

Note: The sign FACE can also be used to mean “LOOKS” or “APPEARANCE”

The sign for SUBJECT can also mean “topic, quote, issue, title…” depending on the context.

 4. TOPIC YOU INTERESTED WHAT?

The sign for “roses” is often done with an “R,” but most other flower names are spelled.

 5. FLOWER YOU LIKE what-KIND?

 6. FORGET PEOPLE NAME EASY YOU?

Note: FUN uses two hands and has a single movement.

FUNNY uses one hand and has a double movement.

 7. YOU THINK _______ FUN?(insert topic)Example: “baseball”Example: “this class”

YOU THINK FUN what-DO?

 Note: A downward vertical sweep can indicate regularity or (habitual). For example, moving an “M” downward can mean, “Every Monday.”

Note: the sign for “What do”

 8. Every-SATURDAY YOU “What do you do”?

Example: Every-SATURDAY GRASS MOW YOU?

 9. YOUR BACKPACK HEAVY?

 10. YOU AFRAID WHAT?

Example: YOU AFRAID HIGH?

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 11. YOUR HOUSE PAY LOW?

 12. YOU LIKE MOUNTAIN HIKE-(CL:V-"hiking up")

Note: Mountain = ROCK + SLOPE

 13. YOU LIKE STUDY OUTSIDE?

Many signs are variations of the sign “WHAT-KIND.” KEEPLEND / BORROW

CAREFUL and TAKE-CARE-OF use the same handshape and movement but CAREFUL uses a “careful” facial expression.

 The sign "TAKE-CARE" when used as a parting statement is signed similar to "KEEP" but is done with a double movement and in the direction of the person to whom you are saying good-bye.

Note: The sign “PLANT” (as in a potted plant) is signed as GROW but uses a repeated movement. Also there is a very popular “initialized” version of this sign that uses a single growing motion and the letter “P.”

 14. YOU LIKE TAKE-CARE-OF PLANT YOU?

There are several variations of the sign “first.”

 15. YOUR FIRST TEACHER, YOU REMEMBER HIS/HER NAME ?

The sign “UP-TO-NOW” can be interpreted as “have been” or “since.”

 16. HOW YOU UP-TO-NOW?

Note: the sign “FIELD” can also mean “area” “dom” as in kingdom, “hood” as in neighborhood, or “yard” as in front yard.

 17. YOUR HOUSE, FRONT FIELD-(yard) TREE HAVE?

ASL 1ASL 2ASL 3ASL 4

TAKE – (grab) vs TAKE / adopt / evaporate

 18. UP-TO-NOW ASL CLASS YOU TAKE-UP HOW-MANY?

What’s she doing?

 19. HOW OFTEN YOU LAUGH? 

20. YOUR BACKPACK LIGHT-WEIGHT?

Other vocabulary…