Signing Naturally - Unit 1

Signing Naturally - Unit 1

HELLO

NAME

WHAT?

WHO?

WHERE?

NICE

MEET

MALE, MAN, GENTLEMAN

BOY + FORMAL

FEMALE, WOMAN, LADY

GIRL + FORMAL

agent / PERSON

-ER, -IAN, -IST

BANK + ER = BANKER

LIBRAR(Y) + IAN = LIBRARIAN

SCIEN(CE) + IST = SCIENTIST

AIRPLANE + agent = PILOT

SHIRT

PANTS

JACKET

A man's sportcoat might go on this way.

A woman's outside jacket may use 2 F's to show it lighter.

DRESS

SKIRT

SHOES

HAT

GLASSES

CLOTHES

HAIR

MOUSTACHE

Adjust this based on the moustache style of the person in question

BEARD

Adjust this based on the style of the beard in question

BLACK

GREY, GRAY

Mixing of two colors

WHITE

PINK

(hint: lipstick can be pink)

RED

(hint: lipstick is red)

ORANGE

(hint: think of squeezing an orange in your mouth)

YELLOW

remember: shake it twice!

GREEN

remember: shake it twice

BLUE

remember: twist it twice

PURPLE

remember: shake it twice

BROWN

(hint: think of your skin turning brown in the sun)

COLORS

STAND

JUMP

DANCE

TWIRL, SPIN

DOOR-CLOSE

DOOR-OPEN

close the door in the direction of the door in question

pull in

push out

slide one door over

slide the doors apart

etc.

WINDOW-CLOSE

WINDOW-OPEN

open/close the window in the manner of the window in question

pull hand up/down

close to the side

slide over

tilt up / forward / back

etc.

LIGHT

As in "bright light"

LIGHT-ON / LIGHT-OFF

BOOK

BOOK + CLOSE

BOOK + OPEN

READ

Back and forth

Up and down

Both

PAPER

PAGE

FOLD (the paper)

Make believe you are folding a crease in a piece of paper

CRUMPLE (the paper)

Crumple an imaginary piece of paper into a ball

THROW-AWAY/OUT

Point an "H" toward the garbage can

LOOK-AT

Start at your eye and point at what you want them to look at.

Mouth Morpheme: L-L-L-L-L-L

CHAIR

Nouns are twice

SIT

Verbs are once

SAME / SAME-AS / LIKE

Y sliding L to R or back and forth

Both deixis together side by side

Two ILY hands, deixis' separate apart

Both hands "Y" and move simultaneously side by side in a circle out and around in a circle

DIFFERENT

SHAPE

NUMBER

Put both flat O hands in capital A formation

LETTER (of the alphabet)

LETTER (mail)

Thumb sticks the stamp on

REMEMBER / RECALL

FORGET

On your forehead, wipe away

Can also be done with dominant "8"

REPEAT / AGAIN

RIGHT / CORRECT

WRONG / INCORRECT

MISTAKE/ACCIDENT twists

WRONG does not

IMITATE / COPY

Directional Verb

Can be done vertically or horizontally

FINGERSPELL

DRAW / ART

Remember: Pinky!!

WRITE

JOT-DOWN

HOMEWORK

HOME + WORK = HOMEWORK