BASIC HANDSHAPE POSITION 2

BASIC HANDSHAPE POSITION 2

When you have a direction indicator above and to the left of the letter representing the handshape (<); The palm faces inwards at the signer. Fingers/knuckles point diagonally forward and away from the signer's shoulder or arm. The direction indicator on the letter that represents handshape always points to the left of the letter regardless of whether it is the signer's right or left hand.

    This only changes when followed by a alphabetic character with a different place indicator.

 Example:

  This combination is very common in Writing Signed Languages; It does not produce any change, it only indicates the difference between the left hand and the right hand. Right hand:

   It can also indicate the first point of contact for writing the sign language words.

   The direction indicator on the letter that represents handshape always points to the left of the letter, regardless of whether it is the signer's right or left hand. Left hand:

   As explained before, to write in Sign Language you follow this order: the first capital or large letter with which the word begins, (Handshape); the vowel of the corresponding finger (vowels finger or hand place); and the place (body place) where the finger contact is made to complete the sign.

Examples of words written in Sign Language With Body alphabetic characters.

   Note how the position of the hand and its movement can be naturally determined by the place of contact; in the case of King and My.

Easy Grammar.

As you have probably seen, above some Handshape, vowels finger and some alphabetic characters have diacritics that indicate movements. Learning these indicators is not difficult, since as you will see they are easy to remember.

  When the movement is not made in front of a place alphabetic character (it is not followed by a place alphabetic character), it indicates horizontal circular movement to the right.

   When the movement is not made in front of a place alphabetic character (it is not followed by a place alphabetic character), it indicates horizontal circular movement to the left.

Writing example:

  See the difference between the 6 days of the week and Sunday. When the circle indicator is on the wrist, the entire hand makes the circle, but when it is in another place alphabetic character on the hand, only the place where the alphabetic character is will do it.

   As you see in this example, the movement is not made in front of a place alphabetic character (it is not followed by a place alphabetic character), Therefore, the horizontal circular movement is made to the right. However, in the last 3 examples, the movement is made in front of a place alphabetic character (followed by a place alphabetic character), therefore, the vertical circular movement is made to the right on that alphabetic character.

   In the following chapters there will be other examples that will help you understand its use.

New words

   Reading and signing the following sentences will be very easy for you if you have followed the instructions in this book and have studied it carefully.

   The words they contain are already known to you, so this will just be a review so you can see how far you have progressed.

   Each complete sign is a movement (syllable) words can have one or more movements. To understand it better it will be divided into different colors.

Words learned

SENTENCES.

   As you learn, you will realize how easy it is to be able to describe the Signs in writing. If you keep practicing, reading and writing in Sign Language will become easier and easier and you will be able to do it very naturally.