Chapter 16
The sign for Recent.
The right index finger bends and unbends a couple times beside your right ear.
The sign for Breakfast.
To sign breakfast, first sign eat then sign morning.
The sign for Travel.
Make a hook with the index and middle finger of your dominant hand and move it in a snake pattern toward the front, as in traveling on a curvy road.
The sign for Brave.
This sign looks like the sign for strong, except the handshapes at the beginning of the sign for "brave" are loose claw hands that change into "fist" hands
The sign for Face.
A general version that means, "face," "looks," or "appearance" uses a palm-back "5-hand." Circle the hand around your face once.
The sign for Most.
The non-dominant hand stays pretty much stationary. The right hand sometimes brushes against the left hand on the way up.
The sign for Dinner.
Make a "D" and tap your pips slightly with your thumb, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers.
The sign for Garage.
Make your nondominant hand flat, then make a horizontal 3 and move it under your nondominant hand, like "a car driving into a garage".
The sign for Bored.
For this sign your finger goes to the outside of your nose. If you use a double twist it means "boring."
The sign for
The general sign for "thin" uses a "G-handshape." It starts in front of the face and moves downward.
The sign for Few.
Make your hand into a fist and then bring your fingers out slowly.
The sign for Pancake.
To sign pancake, take both your flat open palms and hold them together, both facing up, with your non-dominant hand under the dominant one, like the top hand is the pancake and the bottom hand is the frying pan.
The sign for Airplane.
Move the hand forward just a couple inches or so, then bring it back, then move it forward again. Make sure to angle the palm down a bit so you aren't just signing "I LOVE YOU."
The sign for Frustrated.
To do the sign for "frustrated" smack the back of your hand into your face. Do it twice.
The sign for Look-Like.
The sign for "look like" uses an index finger that changes into a "Y"-handshape. The sign starts with the index finger near the eye or nose and then pulls away and down into a "Y" handshape which makes a small side to side movement.
The sign for Appointment.
Circle the dominant "A" hand over the base "A" hand. Then bring the dominant hand down onto the base hand. Think of circling a date and locking it in.
The sign for Salt and Pepper.
To sign salt, make both your hands into a "V". The left (or non-dominant) hand stays stationary. The right index and middle fingers alternate moving up and down
The sign for Ticket.
Use a "bent V" handshape and a "flat" handshape. Focus on moving the dominant hand. The other hand might move a bit but for the most part the non-dominant hand stays in place. Like your punching a ticket.
The sign for Embarrassed.
To do the general sign for embarrassed, alternate moving your hands upward alongside your head as if showing the blood rushing up into your face as you are feeling embarrassed. Use a bit of a rotating movement for each hand.
The sign for Regular.
The right hand (or dominant hand) moves. The left hand doesn't move. The right hand travels in one and a half circles, striking the left hand twice and ending the movement shortly after the second strike.
The difference between Again and Often.
To sign often, the tips of the bent right "b" hand touch the palm of the left hand, then separate and move forward a couple inches, then make contact again.
To sign again, the tips of the bent right "b" only touches the palm once.
The difference between French-fries and French- toast.
To sign French fries, make an "F" and then make it look like your dipping a fry into 2 sauces.
To sign French toast, first do the sign for French, then do the sign for toast.
The difference between Subway and Train.
To sign "subway," slide the "Y" hand back and forward underneath the "flat" hand as if showing a subway car moving underground.
Both hands are in "H" handshapes. The left hand stays stationary and represents the train tracks. The right one moves forward and back along the tracks.
The difference between Interesting and Like.
Like is done with your dominant hand and it starts on the chest. Pull your hand away while making your middle finger and your thumb come together, as if grabbing a thread.
The sign for Interesting is the same as like, but it is done with two hands.
The difference Beautiful between Pretty.
There is NO difference they are the same sign.
Circle your hand around your face. The handshape is a "relaxed five" that turns into the handshape you get at the end of doing the "AND" sign.