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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Hello

A

B hand salute

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2
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Hey

A

Wave

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3
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What

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2 hands, squish eyebrows

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4
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Who

A

L hand against chin, squish eyebrows

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5
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Where

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Shake index finger, squish eyebrows

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6
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Nice/Clean

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Two flat hands

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7
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Man

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5 hand, forehead to chest

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Woman

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5 hand, chin to chest

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9
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Person

A

Two flat hands, parellel

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10
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Shirt

A

F hand grabs shirt

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11
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Pants

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5 to 0 hand twice

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12
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Jacket

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Two A hands over shoulders like you are putting on a jacket

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13
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Dress

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Two 5 hands scrape shoulders

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14
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Skirt

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Two 5 hands scrape waist

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15
Q

Shoes

A

two s hands bump together

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16
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Hat

A

Hand taps head

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17
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Glasses

A

L to 0’s near eyes

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18
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Clothes

A

5 hand scrapes shoulders twice

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19
Q

Hair

A

F hand grabs hair

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20
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Mustache

A

Trace a mushtasche

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21
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Beard

A

Make claws around where a beard would be

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22
Q

Black

A

Straight finger on forehead

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23
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Grey

A

5 hands with fingers sliding

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24
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White

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5 to 0 on shirt and out

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25
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Red

A

Index finger on lips

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26
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Orange

A

Squeeze fist near chin

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27
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Yellow

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Y hand shakes

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28
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Green

A

G hand shakes

29
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Blue

A

Blue hand shakes

30
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Purple

A

P hand shakes

31
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Brown

A

B hand slides down side of face

32
Q

Beer

A

B hand makes circles near face

33
Q

Colors

A

5 hand, wiggle fingers on chin

34
Q

Stand

A

Flat hand, dominant hand stands two fingers on flat hand

35
Q

Jump

A

Flat hand, dominant hand jumps two fingers on flat hand

36
Q

Dance

A

Flat hand, dominant hand swings two fingers on flat hand

37
Q

Twirl

A

Index fingers go in circles

38
Q

Door

A

Two b hands facing out, open dominant side twice

39
Q

Window

A

Two flat hands stacked on each other, move top hand up and down

40
Q

Light/Light on/off

A

Flick w/middle finger on chin, s to 5 hands to turn on, 5 to s hand to turn off

41
Q

Book

A

Put two hands together and open and close hands like a book

42
Q

Read

A

Non dominant hand straight up, Dominant has two fingers scraping against flat hand

43
Q

Paper

A

Scrape palms of two flat hands together

44
Q

Scrunch

A

Act like you are scrunching paper

45
Q

Throw

A

S to 5 hand, or S to H hand

46
Q

Look at/See

A

V hand pointing to what you’re looking at

47
Q

Chair/Sit

A

Chair, 2 fingers bounce on two fingers, Sit, once

48
Q

Same

A

Y shaped hand going back and forth

49
Q

Different

A

Two index fingers going away from each other

50
Q

Shape

A

Two A hands going downward wiggling

51
Q

Name

A

Two H hands hitting each other

52
Q

Number

A

Fingers together

53
Q

Letter

A

A hand from chin touching A hand near chest

54
Q

Remember

A

A hand from forehead touches A hand near chest

55
Q

Forget

A

Scraping hand across head into an A hand

56
Q

Again

A

Bent dominant hand on top of flat hand

57
Q

Correct

A

Two fists into Index fingers

58
Q

Wrong/Mistake

A

Y hand on chin, Mistake(y hand rolls across chin)

59
Q

Copy

A

Non dominant flat hand, dominant fingers come together

60
Q

Fingerspell

A

Flat 5 hand facing downward, wiggle to side

61
Q

Draw

A

Pinky scraping Flat hand

62
Q

Write

A

Dominant pretends to hold a pencil scraping against flat hand

63
Q

Jot down

A

Dominant holding pencil and going to a flat hand on top of a flat hand

64
Q

Home work

A

A hand against chin, go to other fist near chest

65
Q

Andrew Foster

A

Dedicated life to improving education for Deaf. Teacher, pioneer, and missionary.

66
Q

5 Ways to communicate

A

Signing, Gestures, Writing, Third Person, Lipreading/Speech

67
Q

Things to remember as a new signer (3)

A

Let Deaf know you sign, Avoid spoken English, let Deaf set mode of communication

68
Q

Identify a person

A

Gender, Brief Description, Point and glance, Affirm

69
Q

Getting their attention

A

Tap or use intermediary

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