Have, Space, and Grammar
Tips for clear signing
Deaf Culture and Community
Money and Numbers
Classifiers and Transportation
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This sign means "to have" or "there is"

What is HAVE



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This is the word for the person or thing everything else is described around.


What is reference point



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100

Name one way Deaf people share their culture with the hearing world.


What is through theater, movies, or TV? 



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100

This rule helps you sign dollars and cents together.

What is the Rule of 9?



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100

How would you show two people sitting next to each other?

What is two bent-V handshapes side by side?



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200

You need this on your face when you ask a question using HAVE.

What is a non-manual signal (NMS)? 



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200

When describing something, do you sign the big picture first, or the small details first?


What is the big picture first



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200

In the past, many people wrongly saw being deaf as this.

What is a curse?



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200

Where do you sign the cents part of a money amount?

What is the forehead?



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200

Use this sign, not TAKE, when talking about transportation.

What is Ride?



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300

True or False: your right and left switch when you're watching someone else sign.

What is False? (Signers perspective)



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300

Name one thing that makes your storytelling clearer: looking at what you're describing.


 

What is eye gaze



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Today, Deaf culture does this alongside the hearing world.


What is blend in while keeping its own culture?



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300

Signing $5.25 means combining these two parts into one sign.

What is dollars and cents?



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300

Which sign is wrong to use in "I ___ the bus to school"? 

What is TAKE-UP



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400

There's no separate sign for this word — it's built into signs like TRAIN or BUS.


What is STATION



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400

This sign shows a group of buildings or people from above.


What is MANY-MASS



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400

This value focuses on the group as a whole.

What is collectivism?



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400

Give another way to say "I have no money."

What is "I have nothing"?



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400

Use this sign to show a car driving for a while, instead of a straight arm.

What is KEEP-GOING?



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500

This handshape is used to show distance.


What is claw-5



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500

True or False: The deaf community focuses on individualism

What is False?



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500

This sign means you have nothing.

What is BLOW-AIR?



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500

This handshape shows a person sitting down.

What is bent-V?



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500

Use this sign to show a car driving around a city, not just in one straight line.

What is KEEP-GOING?



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