Signs
| Description of Sign Action
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answer
| Move both index fingers form the mouth outward to suggest an answer coming out of the mouth. |
ask
| Place palms together, touching, hands flat, fingers together. Move hands in a backward arc toward the body. |
break
| Pantomine holding a stick as if intending to break it. Snap it in half sharply downwards. |
buy
| Place the right slightly bend hand in the palm of the left upturned hand. Then move the right hand out of the left, as if removing money from it. |
close
| Bring both "B" hands (palms forward, finger closed, and fingertips pointing upward) together. |
come
| Using "c" hands, make circular motions, left hand over right, and then right hand over left, drawing hands in toward the body. |
| cry | Move index fingers down the cheeks alternately as if tracing tear drops. |
dislike
| 1: Touch chest with longest fingers of right hand 2: Swing hand out and away from chest. |
enjoy, pleased
| Use right hand, flat, fingers together. Rub in a circular motion mid-chest. |
finish
| Hold both hands in front of the body (fingers spread apart) with palms facing upward. With a quick movement, flip hands to the outside, making palms face downward. |
fix
| Touch index fingers and thumbs of both hands, holding hands close together at that point. Then move hands alternately forward and back. |
forget
| Wipe the fingers of the open right hand across the forehead left to right, ending in an "a" hand, as if wiping something from the memory. |
go
| "G" hand pushes away from the body in front. "Shoo!" |
laugh
| Using both hands open, fingers spread, start near the corners of the mouth and move hands upward along the jawline several times. |
open
| Touch "B" hands together at the thumbs and index fingers. Then move hands outward to the left and right respectively. |
remember
| Touch the thumb of a right "a" hand to the center of the forehead, while holding a left "a" hand in front of the chest, thumb slightly higher than the rest of the hand. Move the right "a" hand from the forehead to rest on the thumb of the left "a" hand, indicating that information "stored" in the brain was retrieved and brought forth for active use. |
sell
| Move to "and" hands forward twice, as if moving sales merchandise from the counter and to the customer. |
start
| Rest index finger of right hand between the index finger and middle finger of left hand. Rotate the right finger in a left to right movement, as if turning a key. |
