Basics
This sign will gain a Deaf person's attention, so that you may begin to sign with them.
What is "HEY!"
Good morning!
GOOD MORNING
Who?, what?, where?, when?, why? and which?
What are WH-Signs?
This number shares its handshape with the letter F.
What is 9?
The act of stringing together letters of the alphabet, to spell a word.
What is fingerspelling?
Sign this when someone is signing or fingerspelling too quickly for you to translate.
What is SLOW/SLOWLY/SLOW DOWN and/or AGAIN/REPEAT?
SEE-YOU LATER
Male/Masculine signs tend to originate here.
What is the top of the head?
This ASL alphabet letter can also be signed to mean "a little bit".
What is G? (or Q)?
These numbers, when signed in a sequence, can be signed with the palm facing forward. When signing them alone, should be oriented with the palm facing the signer.
What are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5?
A non-manual signal used to express that you are unclear, uncertain or asking a question.
What is the WH-Face?
This class is BORING!
THIS CLASS BORING!
The sign for this animal is located in the same place as the sign for the word DIRTY.
What is PIG?
This letter of the alphabet can be signed to also mean "none".
What is O?
Signing somebody's age follows a general pattern of touching a number sign at an area on the face known as this
What is the age-spot?
Do/Sign this when signing with someone who uses a sign that you don't recognize.
What is: repeat the unknown sign back to the signer and then sign "MEANING WHAT"?
How old are you?
OLD-OLD YOU?
These signs answer the question of "When?"
What are time signs?
A letter AND a number in which the thumb and pinky touch while the other fingers stick straight up in the air
What are W and 6?
Handshape, palm orientation, location, movement and facial expression.
What are the 5 Parameters of ASL?
When asking a more fluent signer how to sign something, you should do/sign this.
What is: fingerspell the unknown word/sign and then sign "SIGN HOW" or "HOW SIGN"?
Happy Mother's Day!
HAPPY MOTHER DAY
Two different ways to sign "sign/sign language".
What are: fs-ASL, SIGN, SIGN LANGUAGE, SIGN (fluent)
This number, if signed out of context, may be misread as "bird".
What is 20?