My

Name

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Me

Color

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To do the sign for "color" hold your hand up in front of your neck and chin area then flutter the fingertips.

Favorite

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Use a light jabbing movement.

Red

Green

White

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Black

Purple

Pink

Gray

Brown

Blue

Yellow

Orange

Who

What

Where

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Copy-Me

Understand

Numbers

Letter

Nice-To-Meet-You

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and point

Remember

Forget

Fingerspell 

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Same

Me Too

Different

Man

Woman

Dress

Shirt

Skirt

Shoes

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The sign for "shoes" is made by closing both hands and whacking them together twice:

Jacket

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The sign for "coat" is made by forming both hands into the letter "A."  (Not an "S.")  Place both hands near your shoulders. Then move both hands downward and inward as if putting on a coat.

Hat

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Baseball Cap

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Mime putting on a baseball cap.

Pants

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The sign for "pants" is made by placing both of your hands in an open position just below your waist.  Bring both hands up to your waist.  As your hands come up, bend your knuckles and curl your fingers up a bit.

Glasses

Clothes

Mustache

Beard

Again

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Handshape: Right hand = "bent-hand"  Left hand = "flat hand"
Location: Neutral signing area in front of the body
Palm Orientation:  Right hand = starts facing up or at a "10 o'clock" position. Left hand = varies:  palm up, palm right, or "neutral 2 o'clock position"
Movement:  Right hand moves in an arc until the fingertips touch the left palm.
Non-Manual Marker: neutral

Sit

Stand

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The sign for "stand" uses an upside down "V" hand.

Dance

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Memory aid: Think of your feet gliding across the dance floor.

Turn Around

Jump

Window

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Use an "up, then down" motion.  The dominant hand (that's means the "right hand" for six out of seven people) moves. The base hand ("left-hand") stays put.

Open Window

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"Open-window" uses a single motion.

Close Window

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To indicate a closed window, start with the window open, then close it.  Use a single quick motion.  The right hand is doing all the moving.

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Door

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The sign "door" uses an open and close motion. Just move the dominant hand. Imagine the hinges are on your pinkie.

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Open Door

Close Door

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CLOSE-DOOR:  Uses a single "close" movement.

Lights

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or

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Turn the Lights On

Turn Off Lights

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Chair

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CHAIR: [noun--double movement]  (Do the sign "sit" twice.)

Book

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The sign for "book" uses "flat" hands. 
 

BOOK (use a double motion)

Paper

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The sign for "paper" uses a repeated backward movement of the dominant hand. If you are right handed, strike the left palm with the right palm twice. The right hand moves. The left hand doesn't.

Read

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The double movement would generally be considered to mean, "reading." The verb "read" is done with a single movement.

Write

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The tip of the index finger is touching the dip of the thumb. 
This sign can also be done using a "downward" writing movement instead of a sideward movement.  The non-dominant hand does not move.

Correct (right answer)

Wrong

Draw

Which

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Alternate holding up one "A" hand, and then the other.