Test #1 Vocabulary Flashcards
ABCs
NOTE - Z is only with pointer
Introducing Self
Means - “I am Called”
***Technically saying “Me name _____”
Me - point to self
Name - Point and middle on both hands - tap right hand on left (perpendicular)
Right hand moves
Point to self at end
Numbers 1-10
1-5 = palm towards you
6-10 = Palm faces out
- 6 = Pinky thumb, 7 = Ring Thumb, 8 = Middle Thumb, 9 = Pointer Thumb, 10 = Shaky thumb
Me vs My
Me = point to self VS. MY flat hand on chest
We vs. Our
We - point in circle Vs. Our (Cupped hand move – move from right to left shoulder)
Talking about someone not there
Say who it is then point in a place and that becomes who you are talking about (my mom she - she is now always mom)
- Where you pointed to when saying she is where you keep pointing to when referring to mom
Example - if have mom and dad = point my mom she (point left) and my dad he (point right) – NOW point left is mom and pointing right is dad
“Same old Same old”
Y sign with palm down - Move in circle (Down to up)
“Nice to meet you”
Nice – Slide both palms (facing each other) ⟂
To meet – “D” with Pointer — hands moving towards each other
You - Point to person
Eyebrows in WH Questions (Why + What + When)
WH Questions (Why + What + When) = EYEBROWS GO DOWN
EX. What is your name - Technically “you name what you” – whole times eyebrows down
You - Point to person
Name
What – Cupped hands move towards each other
You – Point to person
“What is your name”
Technically “you name what you” – whole times eyebrows down
You - Point to person
Name
What – Cupped hands move towards each other
You – Point to person
You in “What is your name” Sign
You = closing signal (shows someone is done signing)
Eybrows in Yes/No questions
ES/NO QUESTIONS – EYEBROWS GO UP
Example - Ex. Are you deaf - eyebrows go up the whole time
You – Point to person
deaf – Point finger moves from ear to mouth
You – Point to person
“Are you Deaf”
Are you deaf - Technical “You deaf you”
You – Point to person
deaf – Point finger moves from ear to mouth
You – Point to person
Table
Both palms down – tap arms on each other
**Dominant hand on top
**IF one hand up = no meaning
Ugly
Point left and bend finger as move across Nose
Summer
Point left and bend finger as move across Forehead
Dry
Point left and bend finger as move across Mouth
Ugly Vs. Summer Vs. Dry
All in different areas of face
Ugly = Across nose
Summer = Across Forehead
Dry = Across mouth
Happy
Flat palm + thumbs up –> Both hand bumps on shoulder OR Both hands bump on chest + upper stomach OR ONe hand bump on chest
Enjoy
Same as happy BUT go in circles → (both hands palm in circle on chest and upper stomach)
Happy vs. Enjoy
Happy = bump
Enjoy = circles
Naked
Both hands open 8 swipe from boobs down + happy face
***Open 8 = 8 BUT thumb out
Depressed
Both hands open 8 swipe from boobs down + SAD face
Naked Vs. depressed
Difference in facial expression
Naked = happy face
Depressed = Sad Face
Deaf
Pointer finger (one shape) points to ear and moves to mouth
***If use a “D” then it become dorm
“Yesterday I went to the store”
Yesterday I went to the store –> Sign as “Yesterday store me go”
- Yesterday – thumb out with hand in fist - move from mouth to ear
- Store - long “O” - palm face down - flick
- Me - point to self
- Go - Two fingers point and move in direction
***Shows time is signed first
Sit vs. Chair
Same except for movement
Sit (Verb) – name fingers - hand on top of each other Perpendicular - palms move towards the floor
Chair (Noun) hand on top of each other Perpendicular - palms down – tap fingers on top of each other twice
Airplane vs. fly
Airplane (noun) – rocker hand (ILY hand) - palm face to side – bounce twice
Fly ILY hand - palm moves to side and up
Posession in ASL
Possessives are indicated by extending open palm towards the owner
- Possesion = uses an open palm
Example:
1. Yours = palm towards the person
2. Mine = Palm towards self
3. Theirs = sweep open palm
4. Oirs = cupped palm facing towards you from one shoulder to next
Directional Signs
- Give to – long o – move towards person giving to
- See you – 2 - plam towards you – move towards person seeing
- Help me - help (left hand flare palm up + right have thumbs up on top of left) – move towards you
Tense in ASL
Foward = future
Behind = Past
Down = present
Pronouns
Pronouns are conveyed by pointing
Topic in ASL
Topic – signed with eyebrows up
“Give to”
long o – move towards person giving to
“See you”
2 - plam towards you – move towards person seeing
“Help me”
Help (left hand flare palm up + right have thumbs up on top of left) – move towards you
Help
Left hand flare palm up + right have thumbs up on top of left)
Femanine in signs
Bone cheek down to lips
Maculine signs
Clapping
Shake hands above shoulders
How do you say two names
Can just do her name is ___ (point to person) then turn and point - His name is ____
How to say first and last names
Just move over a little
Her name is
Point - name – FS name – point
Hello
Formal - B handshape - Side of temple - move out
Informal - Wave
Goodbye
Wave
NIce
Slide both palms (facing each other) ⟂
Not
Thumbs up and scrap chin (go from neck outwards)
**Doesn’t work for cannot and won’t
Won’t
Open a (“A” with thumb out) point backwords over shoulder
Cannot
both hands have 1 shape - dominant hand hits the tip of the non-dominant hand
Ready
To be ready - shaking R shape next to shoulder (both hands)
Your
Flat palm to person
Me
Point to send (index finger points to self)
How
Thumbs up with fist half open - knuckles face towards each other - one thumb moves forward towards the person
***Palm face eachother
Example - “How are you”
How THEN point to person
None
O shape goes from shoulders down (kinda at angle)
***Can also be used for “NO” - I have no money or I got no sleep - no in this context is the same sign as none
You
Point to person
They
Point to people
We/use
Point finger points to dominamt shoulder and moves across chest to the on-domiannet shoulder
Fine
5 - thumb taps chest
***Can do a happy face if a good fine or a sad face if a bad fine
***Pissed fine = Can use two hands (still five with thump towards chest and palms face towards each other) - go outwords
Yes
S shape and hand bouncees (like knowing)
***Proper = fully horizontal hand but usually see it relaxed – can be dialect based or just ease of sign or can be because of physical constraint
What
Curved fives (palms up) and hands move back and forth
***Eyebrows go down the whole time
Here
Closed five with palm up and swirl
Sign
NOTE - there are 3 signs
1 - Tilt point fingers fingers towards each other and move in circles backwrads
2- close hand into fist then open (more fluent)
3 - 5 with palm face towards each other and move fowards in circles (inetrantion sign for sign)
NO
Three sign and close fingers bring fingers together flat
Whats up
Open 8 - swipe up from chest - head pops up when swipe
Know
Closed 5 with fingers bent a little and double tap on temple
(like a solute but double tap)
Don’t know
Closed 5 with fingers bent a little - swipe from temple away from head and shake head
Maybe
5 shape with fingers toegtehr - palm face up - hands move up and down in opposite motion (like wieghung options)
Nothing much
O shape - shake back and forth by chest
***Only one sign even though it is two words
A little bit
X with your palm towards you and closed fist - pointer finger scrapes on thumb
“I know a little sign”
Sign
I
Know
A little
Hearing
One shape - finger horzontal by mouth - move fowards in circles
Understand
Palm angle from face and flicke pointer finger to point up
***Don’t understand = same sign but shake head
Hard of hearing
H put point fopard - move form non-dominant to dominant side
Finger spelling
Dominant hand goes in circle away from body while also twidling fingers
Do - do
REALLY saying - what are you ding/where are you going/what did you do
Sign - G fingers but fingers pint towards the sky and pinch toegther
***NOT to-do
Confused
Example of a compound Sign
Sign - Think then mix
Think - index (in one shape) points towards forehead
Mix - Palms face towaeds each ither (one face up and one face down) - hands cipped - both hands move in a circle
To be busy
Sign #1 - Do-do sugn but move ina circle (keep pinching the whole time)
Sign #2 - Non-dominant hand in S shape and dominant hand in a B shape and the B rubs against the S hand
***Also the sign for buisness
Movie
Same as to be busy but with 5 shape instead of B shape and flat hand instead of S shape
To be Good
Sign #1 - non-domiannt hand has palm face up and the domiant hand goes from chin and taps the palm up hand (back of mocing hand hits palm)
Sign #2 - Same as sign one but only use dominant hand (Hand stays face up the whole time
Bad
Sign #1 - same as good but palm of domiant hand hits palm of non dominant hand
Sign #2 - Smae sign but only the domiannt hamnd (hand flips so have palm down in the end
Thank you
Same as Sign #2 for good - closed 5 goes from chin and moves down but palm stays uo the whole time
Please
One hand with close five and thumb up - palm on chest - rub in circles
- One handed enjoy
Same old-same old/the usualy
Y hand shape - palm face down - go in circle (go ninwards then down)
Can ass NMS - example - if bad same old = can have tired face
Sleep
For To sleep NOT sleepy
Sign - palm in front but kinda to the side of face - palmn towards face - pinch fingers closed - blink as you close
- To the side of face not directley in front of face
So-So
Domint hand in open fice - palm face left - shake back and dforth
- Looks like normal So-So
To be tired/sleepy
Close 5 with finger bent - both hands iwth finger tips on chest - roll kinda forward and back of palm go towrds each other
***Amount that you roll = indicates how tired you are (more bend = more tired)
Morning
Non-dominant hand in elbow pocket of domant arm - domaint arm goes up (palm face up - move upwards)
Noon
Non-domominant hand is horizontal (palm down) and elbow of dominant is on the back of the palm of non-domiant - dominant elbow taps on back of hand (with palm towards left)
Afternoon
Same as noon but NOW the domniant plam faces fowrads/donwish (elbow of dominant bumbs on the back of NS
Night/evening
Non-dominant in S shape with palm down - domainnt in closed 5 with fingers bent - dominant taps on wrist of NS
Eye-contact
***Eye contact shows that you are listeing to a person
Sign - have non-dominant in two handhap with fingers pointing inwards - dominant hand in two shape goes from temple and loops down a little and point toards the other two (fingertips face each other)
No eye-contact
Both hands in two shape with finger tipes pointing towards each other and the domiannt two hand drops so that finger topes face the floor
Hold on
One finger shape with palm towards person
Look at me
two hand shape points out at person and points to own eyes
If have multiple people = can use both hands or can use 4 handshape
Focus
Have B shape hands by the side of gacve with palms facing towards each other - hands move donw into a V shape
Pay attention
Same as focus but do sign twice
Home
Flat O - hands with pointer finger towards mouth moves from mouth to ear
Work
Both hands in S shape with palms down - domainat hand goe son top and bu,ps onto back of ND hand
Home work
Do sign for hime THEN sign for work (whiel doing sign from home can have ND hand ready for work sign)
Last
Dominant hand in I shape - domiant hand moves to hit finger top of ND hand
***Used for last place
Last night
Swwep behind the shoulder the night sign
Want
Hands in 5 shape with palms facing up and pull back towards body - scrunch fingers as you pull back
Don’;t want
Srunch position from want - flip hands over and release (end with flat hand with palm face down)
Introduce
have cupped hands outside of shoulders with palms facing towards each othe r- go out further from shoulders and hands meet back at the bottom with palm up and fungertipos towards ecah other
Welocome
Star t with hands cupped outside of shoulders with palms facing towards each other - hands go out and meet toards chest (fingertips towards chest)
Freind
Have both hands in X and interlock pointer finger in one direction and then do other direction
Shoulder tap
Dominant hand in closed 5 with fingers bent and finger tiops tap shoulder
***Directional sign
Hand wave
Dominant hand extends out with palm towards floor and hands move up and down a bit
Turn off voice
Little bit hand shape - finger knuckle towards throat and rotate
Bathroom
T hand shape and shake back and forth
How do you get deaf peolpe attention
- If in a room with many deaf people = can flicker the lights
- One person = tap shoulder or give handwave
Closing signs
Always at the end of everything where talking about person = have closing sign
My name = point to self in end
Her name = point to person in end
If
I palm towards me - tap on cheekbone twice
***Also suppose
Kind/Genere
To Read
Close five non-dominant Palm tilted - with diminant have had two hand shape “look” wipe up and down
Book
Like opening a book (Palms start together and open)
Before
Closed five push pack twice above sjoulder
Who
L hand shape - thumb on chin - bend index finger twice or move index finger down twice
Favorite
Open 8 - middle finger taps on chin twice (double tap)
Need
X sign - bring hand down towards the ground
***Also means Should, must, have to, suppose to
Have (To have)
Close fiive - fingers bent - finger tips tap on chest
Movie
Close five non dominnt - horizontal - palm face self - dominant hand palm falte gaainst other palm in open 5 and move back and forth
False
To write
non dominant close five palm up - domiant hand in Xish shape - write on paper
Agent Marker
close five - palm face towards each otehr - hand moves down
***Add to end of a verb to make it an occupation
Example - Author
Sign write - then agent maker sign
Example 2 - artist
art - non domiannt in closed 5 - palsm titled towards self - I shape in dominant and and wiggle then
THEN agent maker sign
Example 3 - Teacher
Teach - Open O by eyebrows - hrointonzal
THEN agent marker sign
Vomit
Open 5 - thumb to chin - swipe to side
***Shake head = realy don’t like it
***To hate a thing NOT someone
Hate
Both hand in 8 shape and flick middle finger out
***This is in hate a person
Don’t like
Pull 8 foards from chest like in like but flick it out (like dropping it)
Like
Palm towards - pull fowd and form an 8
Love
Arms cross on chest palm in fist
***Love somoene
Love-it
S shape - kiss the back of it and push it foward
***Love a thing
So-So
Hand shake back and forth
Not Yet
elbow back and dom hand right next to chest - closed five with fingertips down – tip tips bump twice
Late
Same as not yet but one movement down (NOT BOUNCE TWICE)
Same
Y shape and move hand back and forth
***IF extremley the same can do a swirl pop (more agressive)
- Directional same – goes in the direction of the things that are the same
***If saying same with a person go between the two people
Different
One fingers - cross fingers - move them away from each other
***If have a lot of different ones - can go through and repeat - cross and on cross across body
Sweetheat
There is no sign for boyfreind or girlfreind - usuually use sign for sweatheart
Sign - Open a (thumbs up) - put knuckles together - put over heart and bounce thumbs
Boring
Hand in one shape - put finger on side of nose - twist
If extremey boring = can move finger off face as twist
- Match wign with a boring face
Concept
C hand shape - thumb taps forehead toards teh right - push it out (move fowrds)
Number
Flat O - both finger tops touch - flip hands back and forth
Scary
Romance
Fiction/Fake
Fantasey
Science Fiction
Sorry
Open A - palm to chest - circle hand (go toards the dominant side)
***Face shoudl show it
See
Have dom in two shape - put inger ip on odminant cheeck bone (palm toards you) - move hand fowards (push it out)
***Directional sign
Look
Same as see but palm away
Stressed
S with ND hand - dominant hand in fiove shape - push down S shape hand
***Use NMS so indicate how stressed you are
You’re welcome
Just pop of chin
Slow-Down/Slow
ND Close five palm down - dom hand close five palm down on top of ither hand and slide it backl into a flat O
Do you mind
One hand shape - horzintal - goes down nose and flick off
***Eyebrows up (cus yes/No question)
I don’t mind
Do you mind sign but shake head
Again
ND Dominant hand in closed 5 pal face right kinda of cupped - Domiant cupped hand scoops up and finger tiops hit ND palm
Sad
5 Hand shape - move hands down face
Cry
Ones at face and move down - palm face self -
Later
dominant Hand in L shape - Push it out (flick hand down)
See you later
See sign - then later sign
Take Care
Both hands in K shape - dominant hand hits ND twice
Excited
Open 8 - hands by chest - palm face self - go outwards in little circles
Sick
Open 8 - dom hand on forehead; ND hand right abive belly button - just put finger tip on area
***Make a sick face – say how bad it is with your face
Are you sick
Point to person - Sick sign - Point to person
***Eyebrows up
Angry
Both hands in five with fingers bent a little (like claws) - palm face self - bring hand up to face
***Can do two hands or one hand
Afraid
Go from S face self to 5 - palm face self - dominant hand on top
Introducing a Freind
Point to self - want sign - introduce sign - Flat hand to self (My) - freind sign - point to freind - name - FS name - point to freind
Can
Yes with both hands (like nodding)
***hands by shoulders
Absent
Open 8 with both hands - swipe down so middle finger hits each other
***Like cannot but with open 8 and middle fingers hit
Due/Owe
Left hand in closed 5 face up - dominant hand in 1 shape –> pointer double tap on open 5 palm
Practice
Left hand in 1 shpe but horzontal - dominant hand in open A (with thumb out) - dominant hand glides against non domiant hand
School
Both hands in closed five (one face up and one face down) - clap hands together
Paper
Both hands on closed five (one face up and one face down) - swipe dominant hand against ND towards left
About (Topic)
Left hand in flat O - dominant hand in horizontal pointer loops from touching bottom of ND to top
Blank face
Dominant hand in closed five facing self - swipe down from top to bottom of face
***Include NMS - should have blank face
Important
Both hands in F - start with thumbs touching - go out and around in circle - end with F next to each other facing foward
Facial Expressions
Both hands in X by face and move up/down
Today
Both hands in Y shape - palm face up - bounce down twice
***double down
Now
Both hands in Y shape - palm face up - move down once
Yesterday
Dominant hand in Open A - thumb moves from mouth to ear
Tomorrow
Open A hand moves foward by face (move so faces more horzontal)
***Go form pointing back to foward
Right/Correct
Both hands in pointer - point foward - tap hands on top of each other (dominant hand moves)
Forget
Dominant hand in closed 5 face self by forehead – swipe right into open A
NMS = breath out when do it
Remeber
Both hand sin open A - dominant thumb points to forehead and moves to top of other thumb
Never
B hand by forehead move out and down in an angle (move in 7 shape_
***Emphisze to be REALLY never = use both hands
Learn
ND hand in closed 5 face up - dominant hand pulls up into long O and taps forehead (finger tips tap on forehead)
Teach
Long O horizontal (both hands) - double tap by eyebrows
Fingertips face in by eyebrows
Student
ND hand closed 5 face left (inward) - dominant hand pull out in long O and both hands do agent marker
Teacher
Teacher sign (only once) - THEN agent maker
Binghamton
B hand shape - palm face foward - go in circles (circles away from body)
***Old one = B sign in Boring sign
College
Both palm in close 5 - ND face up/dominant face down - swipe to left and domiannt move hand up (dominant ends higher than ND hand)
Univeristy
Same as college but dominant hand in U shape (still palm face down)
Where
Dominant hand in 1 shape - oalm foward - shake finger left/right
Why
- 3 middle fingers wipe form forehead down into Y
- Like sign - swipe form forehead - end in open 8
- Pointer + middle swipe from forehead and end in open 8
- Pointer finger swipe and end in Y
Which
Both hands in Open A (thumn up) – palms face each other - thumb up - move up/down
go
both hands in 1 shape and move fowrd and piint foward
Come
Both hands in one shape - face shelf and move towards self
When (Setting up a question)
ND in 1 shape face in - domiany in 1 shape horizontal - dominant oointer loops in circle
When (when something happened)
Both hands in 1 shapen - palm face up and loop around in circle so end with palm face down
***ALso sign for happened
Where do you go to school
School you go to where?
