Signing Naturally - Unit 1

BOY + FORMAL

GIRL + FORMAL

-ER, -IAN, -IST

BANK + ER = BANKER

LIBRAR(Y) + IAN = LIBRARIAN

SCIEN(CE) + IST = SCIENTIST

AIRPLANE + agent = PILOT

A man's sportcoat might go on this way.

A woman's outside jacket may use 2 F's to show it lighter.

Adjust this based on the moustache style of the person in question

Adjust this based on the style of the beard in question

Mixing of two colors

(hint: lipstick can be pink)

(hint: lipstick is red)

(hint: think of squeezing an orange in your mouth)

remember: shake it twice!

remember: shake it twice

remember: twist it twice

remember: shake it twice

(hint: think of your skin turning brown in the sun)

close the door in the direction of the door in question

pull in

push out

slide one door over

slide the doors apart

etc.

open/close the window in the manner of the window in question

pull hand up/down

close to the side

slide over

tilt up / forward / back

etc.

As in "bright light"

BOOK + CLOSE

BOOK + OPEN

Back and forth

Up and down

Both

Make believe you are folding a crease in a piece of paper

Crumple an imaginary piece of paper into a ball

Point an "H" toward the garbage can

Start at your eye and point at what you want them to look at.

Mouth Morpheme: L-L-L-L-L-L

Nouns are twice

Verbs are once

Y sliding L to R or back and forth

Both deixis together side by side

Two ILY hands, deixis' separate apart

Both hands "Y" and move simultaneously side by side in a circle out and around in a circle

Put both flat O hands in capital A formation

Thumb sticks the stamp on

On your forehead, wipe away

Can also be done with dominant "8"

MISTAKE/ACCIDENT twists

WRONG does not

Directional Verb

Can be done vertically or horizontally

Remember: Pinky!!

HOME + WORK = HOMEWORK