ASL Midterm Flashcards
A-modified
Represents inanimate objects in a specific location.
Statue on the street, vase on the table, lamp on a desk.
B-(flat-hand)
Represents -
1) Smooth flat surfaces
2) Flat mobile surfaces
3) Inanimate objects in specific locations (flat)
4) Height and width
5) Delineating 3D objects (house,box)
6) A non-motorized riding device
B-curved
Curbed objects such as a bowl, sink, basic, or digging device.
B-bent
Represents -
1) Smooth flat surfaces
2) describing objects with sharp corners. (Top of an area such as a shelf or refrigerator)
C classifier
1) Long cylindrical objects
2) short cylindrical objects
3) Thick cylindrical objects
4) the thickness of an object
C-claw
1) Clusters of objects in specified location
2) sections
3) large objects in a specified location
4) medium, round, flat objects
5) spherical objects
6) teeth, fangs
C-modified
1) small round flat objects
2) height/width of a small object
3) Large pinchers (parrot beak)
F
1) small, think, round objects
2) long, thin, cylindrical shaped objects
3) eye gaze
4) person moving along
G
1) Short or shallow depths
2) Flat and thin with squared edges
3) Thin shapes
4) Small pinchers
H
Variation of CL:V, legs together, standing on sidewalk, a person on a surfboard
thin flat objects: boards, bacon
lathering device
H-bent
fastening small objects to something
I1-Horn
1) animal with two horns
2) pronged items (goal posts, pitch fork, forklift
3) objects with sharp borders or roots and loose sides
ILY-airplane
1) Type of airplane
2) Movement
L
1) Thin squared objects
2) thin squared objects in a specified location and/or position
3) Objects with short barrel
L-bent
1) Circular or oval shaped objects
2) thin round surface
3) spraying device
O
1) Thick medium sized, cylindrical objects
2) viewing device
O-flat
1) Small squat objects
2) objects that are round at the bottom and slight opening at the top
3) animals with long necks
4) thick claws
R
1) Braided or twisted material
2) Short, round, somewhat thick with narrow tips
S
1) Solid, spherical objects
2) ramming device
3) Long thin round hand-held objects
V
1) People
2) Two long thin things, parallel to one another
3) two pronged device
4) groups of two
5) scissoring object
V-bent
1) seated
2) bending knees
3) arrangement of chairs
4) thin pulling object
5) sliding device
6) raking device
7) sets of teeth
8) head of an animal with floppy ears
9) two pronged teeth
10) long objects with a connective ending
X
1) a person or animal that is crouched or hunched over
2) a scratching or digging device
3) anything with a hook
4) long curved sliding device
X-modified
Small objects commonly held between fingers
2) small bulbous object
Y
1) Wide or long objects
2) objects with handles
3) long curved object
4) spanning the width or the breadth of an object
1
1) Long skinny objects
2) small cylindrical objects
3) delineating 2D objects
4) trajectory paths and/or connections
5) animals that crawl
What
LCpl Don’t know look
Who
L-hand, thumb to chin, wiggle index finger
Name
Two U-hands, left hand stationary, chest level, pointing outward to the right-ish.
Right hand bump left hand finger-to-finger
Copy-me
left hand flat, chest level
right hand squinty thing
Numbers
do them
Same-as
Y-hand, comparing two things
Different
squished D hands, facing outward. Form a cross chest level and then open it up
Shape
A-hands, draw sort of hour-glass thing in mid-air
Letter
A-hands, right hand thumb moves from lips to left hand thumb.
Number
Mushed-O hands, tips of fingers touch and shift from right hand in front to left hand in front
Again
left hand flat, chest level, right hand curved-B, move right hand in an arc ending with tips of right hand touching left palm
Hello
salute
Nice
left hand palm oriented upward, right hand on top of it, palm face down. right hand sort of perpendicular to left, and slide outward ONCE
Meet
Two mushed-D hands. Right hand face outward, left hand face inward, move both hands together
Remember
Two A-hands, right hand start at forehead and move to left hand’s thumb-to-thumb
Forget
wipe forehead with right hand
Fingerspell
Palms suspended in air, chest level, jazz hand thing with fingers
Homework
Right hand mushed-O, tips of fingers on cheek. Go from there to form two S-hands and bump wrist of right hand on top of left hand
Man
Right hand spread out 5 hand. thumb touch forehead then touch chest
Woman
Right hand spread out 5 hand, touch chin with thumb then touch chest with thumb
Person
two B-flat hands, karate chop from chest downward
shirt
pull on shirt with right hand
Where
eyebrows WH-question
Hand mushed-D, shake it
Dress
Hands against upper body, flow along body to pants
Jacket
simulate putting on jacket
Hat
pat head
Pants
Hands at waist, go from flat-B to fists
Shoes
two fists chest level, bump thumb knuckles
Mustache
G-hands, form shape of mustache on lip
Beard
C-Claw hands, indicate size on cheeks
Hair
F-hand on top of head, sort of open close thumb/index finger
Eyeglasses
G-hands go from open to close from mid eyes to the outer corner
White
hands flat on chest, open and pull-outward as you close hand
Black
Mushed-D hand, index finger moves along eyebrows
red
mushed-D hand and move index finger over lips
Blue
B-hand, shake back and forward chest level
yellow
Y-hand shake it back and forward chest level
Orange
C-hand under chin, squeeze twice
Brown
B-hand move downward on right cheek
Green
G-hand shake it back and forward chest level
Purple
P hand, shake it back and forward chest level
Pink
P hand, touch middle finger tip to lips
Grey
two open 5 hands, move hands back and forward in front of chest with fingers sort of interlocked
Clothes
open 5 hands, move downward with palms facing body from chest to about stomach
Color
Open 4 hand, touch tip of fingers to chin
You
Point with mushed-D hand
You-all
Point wit mushed-D hand to whole group
How are you
curved B at a little below chest level, with back of fingers touching, and move in a rotating fashion starting with palms oriented down to upward then point to person
Sit
Left U-hand, chest level, palm oriented down. Right hand X-hand with both middle and index finger, put curved right hand fingers on top of straight left hand fingers
Stand
V-hand, fingers placed in palm of left hand “standing up”
Dance
Right V-hand, tip of fingers touches palm of left hand as you do a sweeping left right motion
turn around
IX-person right hand, palm oriented outward, pointing upward, turn hand around while doing arc-like motion with hands
Door
Hands B-flat, fingers pointed upward, palm forward,. Right hand flip to palm orientate inward
Window
Hands flat-B, placed sideways on top of each other, palm oriented inward. simulate opening or closing of window
Lights
1) Mushed-D hands, fingers simulate direction of light, and open and close fingers simulate “lights turning on or off”
2) F-hand with middle finger instead of index. touch tip of thumb/middle to chin
Open/Close
mushed-D hands, tips simulate top of object/container. Simulate opening or closing it.
Jump
Left hand flat, palm oriented upward. right hand V, tips of V touching left palm to simulate person. “simulate person jump”
Chair
Same as sit, but twice
Book
hands flat in front of chests next to each other opening and closing along the “longitude”
Paper
same as nice except right hand move inward twice
Read
left hand flat, right hand simulate eyes, move left/right
Fold
mushed-O hands, simulate folding something at chest level twice
crumple
simulate crumping something
Throw
Right hand in fist, and simulate throwing something away
Look-at
Right V-hand, point to eyes, point to object, directional
Draw
right i-hand, drawing on left hand
Write
Left hand flat, right hand simulate holding pencil writing in circles
Jot-down
left hand flat paper, right hand mushed-O, touch tips of right hand to left palm, then open right hand and touch palm to palm
Right
mushed-D hands, bump base of right palm to top of left fist
Wrong
right Y-hand, touch middle knuckles to chin, palm oriented inward
what’s up
spread 5 hands with middle finger a bit ahead of others, flip hand from palm downward to palm upward
Fine
Five shape hand, touch thumb to chest
Shake hands
simulate a self shake
Yes
right S-hand, bob up and down
No
Right 3-hand, close fingers
teacher
mushed-O hands, from temple outward then do “ER” sign
Learn
pick something up from left hand and form mushed-D O hand, touch tip of finger to forehead
Deaf
mushed-D, point to ear then right side of mouth
hearing
mushed-D right hand, point leftward in front of lips, form little circles
Spanish
two X-hands, right hand from shoulder to top of left hand at chest.
French
F-hand palm face outward and flip to palm face inward
English
left hand palm downward, flat-B. right hand cup over left
ASL
fingerspell
Here
two Y-hands, palm upward, placed in front of chest, drop a tiny bit
Gallaudet
double glasses
Class
two C hands next to each other palm outward, flip to palm inward
College
like nice, except move right hand in a spiral action upward
Study
right hand jazz fingers poke left palm
Oh-I-see
Y-hand nod it like saying yes
How many
flick all fingers upward together in front of chest
Have
indicate it
Plus
make a plus sign with your fingers
Start
left hand form spock salute with only index finger up, right finger placed in crevice, turn like a key
Head
Bent B points towards top of head to chin
Which
A-hands, palm oriented upwards, shifting right and left hand on top
Win
“pass the baton”
Lose
V-hand shape going down on left palm
Equal
Bent-B hands with tips touching
Most
A-hands, bump knockles palm face each other
Some
left hand as a “plate” right hand scoop portion away
A little bit
X-hand, wiggle it a bit
All
left hand still, right hand scoop around it from behind and lay right hand into left.
Still
two Y-hands, do an airplane take-off thing
Speak
Four fingers spread, index finger touching chin
Sign
Mush-D, fingers circling each other palm facing inward, fingers pointing upward
So-so
five hand, palm oriented down, shake it
OK
fingerspell it
Tired
B-curved hands fingers touch chest, drop elbows and slump
Sick
middle fingers of left hand touch stomach, right hand touch forehead, all fingers spread out
Be-raised
right hand b-curved, raising it from waist to chest level
highschool
fingerspell HS
Both
Right hand V-shape, left hand circle around right fist as right hand pulls down and left hand forms a circle.
Year
Right fist circle around left fist.
Easy
right hand pat backside of left hand and draws outward.
in-past
through over right shoulder
walk
hands mimic feet
picture-flash
imitate camera
movie
grind palm of right hand into left palm
Watch
Wristwatch mimic
L-bent hand under chin
Play
Y-hands palm face inward, shake
with
two A hands palm face each other, knuckles touch
dog
fingerspell it
Knitting
mimic knitting with index fingers
Sewing
mimic sewing with F-hands
Phone
kiddie phone
cell-phone
horns hand, kiddie phone
Chatting
five hands out, palm up, shake a bit, don’t move wrist
fishing
mimic fishing
run++
Do the running gun thing, thumbs and fingers both curl.
Travel
curved V, move in semi-circle from waist upward.
Painting
left hand canvas, right hand mimic brush
Camping
i1-horn hands, touch finger tips
Exercise
mimic lifting something weird
Cooking
left hand mimic pan, right hand mimics food as you lay them together then flip right hand.
Game
two fists with thumbs up, knock knuckles together
TV
sign TV
Shopping
mushed-O signs, fingers point downward, oriented about shoulder level. Shake hands
Dance
left hand mimic floor, right hand V-shape, swing left and right
Bicycling
two fist, mimic the peddles
Bowling
mimic throwing the ball
Like
hand spread out on chest, draw outward as middle finger and thumb comes together
Dis-like
like Like, but turn hand around and flick
Detest
Five hand with thumb on chin, mimic a vomiting action
Favorite
middle finger placed on chin, other fingers spread out
Pay attention
B-flat hand next to face, fingers pointing upward, hands move out
Not
mod-A hand, thumb goes from under chin outward.
Hot
C-hand over mouth and quickly flip palm orientation.
chocolate
C-hand, thumb over back of left hand, forming circle
Type (keyboard)
mimic typing
Music
Left hand out, flat-B, right hand swinging back and forward, fingers pointed to left arm
Listen
Cup the airs
Coffee
right fist over left, mimic grinding
Drink
C-hand mimic hoklding cup
Soda
Left hand grab right middle finger. pull it out, pop top of left fist with right palm
Water
6-hand, index finger touching chin sideways
Tea
mimic dipping and swirling a teabag in a cup
Milk
Mimic milking a cow udder
Orange
color orange
alcohol
Horn hands bump top of fists
Juice
j-hand in front of mouth
Sleep
no hand in front of face
Eat
mushed-O fingers touching mouth
Candy
mushed-D, finger touching right side of mouth, tweaking it
Apple
A-hand next to mouth, tweaking
Shoe tie
sign for shoe, mimic tying strings
see
2-hand, middle finger touching under eye, palm face inward
excuse-me
Bent-B, fingers touching left palm and draws forward
Know
pat head
Think
mushed-D, point at forehead
Understand
flick index finger out into mushed-D in front of forehead
Sorry
A hand in front of chest, rub in a circle
Please
flat hand on chest, rub in a circle
More
mushed-O hands, bring tips of fingers together
opposite-to
mushed-D hands, touch fingers, palm faced inward, pull fingers apart.
Parameters for a sign
1) Handshape
2) Location
3) Movement
4) Palm Orientation
5) Non-Manual Markers
