U2: Learning ASL

Question 1

Teach, educate

Answer 1

With your hands in “bird beak” hit the air lower your hands a few inches and then hit the air again

Question 2

Learn, aquire

Answer 2

Palm flat other hand “grabs” from the open palm and bring it to your temple

Question 3

Class, group, category, team

Answer 3

Make two c’s with thumbs touching and then ten ha dad so the back of your fingers touch

Question 4

Course, lesson

Answer 4

With flat palm take other hand with straight fingers and hit the top of your hand and then hit the middle/bottom

Question 5

College, university

Answer 5

Flat palm facing up with fingers pointing in front, second hand palm facing down on first hand and fingers pointing to your left, bring your second hand up to the right and then back over your first hand but to the right with air between

Question 6

School, academic

Answer 6

With straight hands clap mainly bringing your palms together

Question 7

Residential-school, school for deaf, institution, institute

Answer 7

Make i’s on both hands and stack them on top of each other hitting the top hand into the bottom a couple times

Question 8

Sign, sign language, signing

Answer 8

Make two pointers pointing at each other and move them in circles

Question 9

Fingerspell, spell

Answer 9

Make a loose y sign with palm mainly facing down and slightly shake hand

Question 10

Pencil, pen

Answer 10

Flat palm and with other hand in x sign trace it on top of flat palm

Question 11

Paper, page

Answer 11

Both flat palms take one and clap if to the other bringing it up towards your chest as you do so

Question 12

Book

Answer 12

Put palms together and open the top a few inches, repeat

Question 13

Which

Answer 13

Make two thumbs up at each side of your torso and move them up and down opposite

Question 14

Take-up, adopt

Answer 14

Fan your fingers and then bring them together like picking something out of the air (with both hands)

Question 15

One, one of a series

Answer 15

Make a number one with your hand

Question 16

Understand

Answer 16

Make a fist right at your temple and then extend/straighten only your pointer finger

Question 17

Called, named

Answer 17

Stack two h signs on top of each other and then push them both down a few inches

Question 18

Oh-I-see

Answer 18

Make a y sign and move it up and down

Question 19

Mean, meaning

Answer 19

With one flat palm(palm facing your right) take your other hand in the 2 sign and stab your palm twice changing where your fingers touch each time (moving in a cirlceish)

Question 20

Explain, explanation describe a

Answer 20

Make two f signs horizontal and next to each other and move them forward and back opposite directions

Question 21

Again, repeat

Answer 21

Flat palm with other hand straight fingers beans at knuckle brought onto palm finger tips touching palm only

Question 22

Please

Answer 22

With flat palm rub your chest near heart

Question 23

Have, own

Answer 23

Make c’s but with thumb beside your fingers and being your hands on top part of chest right by shoulders

Question 24

More

Answer 24

Make beaks with all your fingers and bring hands together touching fingertips

Question 25

There(approximate)

Answer 25

Point at corner of ceiling

Question 26

There (specific)

Answer 26

Point at whatever it is your specifically pointing at

Question 27

Here-1

Answer 27

Repeatedly point at ground with both hands

Question 28

Here-2

Answer 28

Both palms facing sky make small circles

Question 29

Same-as-me/you

Answer 29

Make y sign with thumb at chest move it forward and back like pointing at someone infringement of you with your pinky