The Silence of Deafness is an Abstract, not an Absolute.
I~ts that time of year again, this time ill be starting Level one, that is if there are places left on the course, Im late applying this year, so fingers crossed! other than that, enjoy this page of family and relitive signs
Sign Language Notes Week 7:
LHPD= Left hand palm down
RHPD= Right hand palm down
RH= Right Hand
LH= Left hand
Aunt: Right Hand, ‘A’ on the left then right side of mouth
Uncle: RH , ‘U’ on the left then right side of mouth
Cousin: RH, ‘C’ on the left then right side of mouth
Niece: RH, ‘Bent N’ on the left then right side of mouth
Nephew: RH, ‘Straight N’ on the left then right side of mouth
People: Both Palms facing floor, 2 ‘P’ in front of body circled outwards
Place: Both Palms facing floor, 2 ‘P’ in front of body circled outwards into letter ‘L’
Family: 2 ‘F’ on wrist and swivel
Son: Palms facing up 2 ‘S’ on wrist and tap
Daughter: Palms facing up 2 ‘D’ on wrist and tap
Child / Children: Palms facing up 2 ‘C’ on wrist and tap
Husband: LHPD put right hand letter ‘H’ up along ring finger
Wife: LHPD put right hand letter ‘W’ up along ring finger
Engaged: LHPD ‘put on the rock’ on the ring finger *with the right hand use 3 fingers to make a circle shape and tap the ring finger!
Married: LHPD Put on the ring and tap
Divorced: 2 ‘D’ pulled apart from eachother
Alive: Same as live but do twice
Dead: LHPD close RHPD over it, like closing the lid of a coffin!!!! *very morbid I know!
Alone: LH palm facing into your chest, take the right hand index finger, like the letter ‘D’ and pull it down the inside of your left hand (same gesture as the word ‘Day’ but u put ‘D’ down the inside!
Other: With the left hand make letter ‘A’ and with the right hand pull the letter ‘O’ from it
Each: With the left hand make letter ‘A’ and with the right hand pull the letter ‘E’ from it
Great: RH ‘G’ upwards with facial expression
God: LH palm facing into your chest, with right hand take letter ‘A’ down behind the left hand and then up in front of it like a simi circle
Did: letter ‘D’ back over your shoulder
Any: ‘Hitch a lift with you thumb!’
Want : Both hands palms up, ‘W’ take down
Need: Both hands palms up, ‘N’ take down
Now: Both hands palms up, ‘L’ take down
Nice: fan ‘N’ across mouth
Fine: fan ‘F’ across mouth
Funny: RH ‘F’ on your cheek, push out twice
Good: On the opposite shoulder, with your Right hand letter ‘G’
True: On the opposite shoulder, with your Right hand letter ‘T’
Sure: On the opposite shoulder, with your Right hand letter ‘S’
Can: RH ‘N’ stroke down in front of you
Not: RH ‘N’ out from you to the side
Bad: push out baby finger away from you
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September 12th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Hey! Looks good.
I hope you learn loads on level 1 and start to feel more and more confident.
I’m having a break from sign this year, although I may not have actually failed my level 2 exam as my old tutor has put in an appeal for me - having seen the video and decided it didn’t deserve a fail
September 13th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
yeah I have my basic done from last year, and I need sign now more and more, so im gonna continue, so level one will be tougher and well worth it, we also have an exam at the end of it! so thats a little scary but ill keep practicing