ASL Ch. 2

nondominant 'open B' palm in, dominant 'open B' palm out, flip to palm toward you

fingerspelled loan sign, slide from 'A' to 'L'

draw circle with 'index' palm up (don't bend wrist)

dominant 'open A' draws 'C' in air (palm up --> down)

Fingerspell

A-U-G

'angled hands,' palms in, move dominant hand toward you

'open B,' palm in, wave over dominant shoulder

brush cheek with 'open A'

D-E-C

knuckles of dominant 'A' brush down thumb of nondominant 'A'

middle finger of dominant '8' goes across nondominant 'S' twice

knuckles of odminant 'A' brush down thumb of nondominant 'A' twice

sign "daily"

F-E-B

J-A-N

Fingerspell

Fingerspell

dominant 'open B,' palm in, move back once

dominant 'L' in nondominant palm, rotate clockwise

flick fingers from 2 'S's' to 'open 5's' palms up

fingerspell

fingerspell

with dominant 'index' palm in, move down nondominant 'index' palm out

squiggle 'open B' downward

dominant 'angled hand' tapes nondominant 'angled hand,' palms down

'O's' push out

dominant 'open B,' palm in, move back and forth

'bud' under chin to 'open 5'

N-O-V

O-C-T

fingertips of dominant 'angled hand' touch heel, palm, and tip of nondominant 'open B,' palm to side

move 'index' in small circle

(another) 'open A' palm down to palm up

bent 'index' scratches cheek, palm in

fingerspell S-E-C

with middle finger of "2" touch nondominant thumb

sign "2" and twist

S-E-P-T

edge of dominant 'open B' mimes slicing fingers of nondomionant 'open B'

dominant 'index,' palm toward you, circles on nondominant palm

dominant 'H' slides back and forth on edge of nondominant 'H'

with 'index' of dominant hand, slide on nondominant 'L' from tip of index to thumb and back again

point to a watch or wrist at watch area

dominant 'T' circles and hits nondominant palm to side

with palm toward face, touch thumb of 'open A' to cheek and move out

dominant 'S' circles nondominant 'S,' lands on top

'open A,' thumb touch side of chin and move back to side of cheek