The First 500 Words Flashcards
Cat
Dog
Boy
Friend
Boyfriend
Girl
Girlfriend
Grandfather
Grandmother
Sister
Brother
Daughter
Son
Mother
Father
Husband
Wife
Thumb of dominant “loose-C” hand in contact with lower cheek moves toward non-dominant palm-up “loose-C” hand, where both hands are interlocked
Family
Love it
Don’t
Don’t want
Don’t like
Home
House
Grow up
Come
Come again
Nice to meet you
How can I help you
ASL: help you how
Cold
Shake your fists back and forth, towards and away from each other, a few times. This sign looks like you are shaking with cold!
Milk
Cinnamon
Carmel
Finger spell Carmel then use y hand shape vertically to look like you are drizzling Carmel
Pumpkin
Do the sign for orange then the sign for melon to sign pumpkin
Large
Two horizontal “clawed-L” hands facing each other in space diverge apart.
Medium
Small
Small is signed exactly like little. Bring your flat, open hands together toward the center of your body, palms facing each other.
Thank you
Tea
Awsome
True
Really
Lie
Dance
Fall down
Down
When
Why
Grey
To sign gray, move your open hands, palms facing your body, in a forward and backward motion, with your spread-out fingers passing through each other back and forth, as if you were touching gray, fluffy clouds.
Dark
Every
Sweep
Pear
Artichoke
Shower
Eat
Lunch
Walk
Schedule
Attention
Sunday
To sign Sunday, hold up both flat hands in the air and rotate them in unison but clockwise and counter-clockwise such that they look like mirror images of each other, with palms facing out.
Saturday
hold your fist up in front of you at around shoulder level, palm side facing in, and rotate your fist (also the ASL letter S sign) inward a couple of times
Thursday
Sky
Beautiful
Shiny
Mix
Rainbow
Yellow
Blue
Purple
Orange
Pink
Hotdog
Hamburger
We/us
My
Your
Hard of hearing
Deaf
Yes, I’m hearing. What about you
ASL: yes, me hearing, you
I’m happy, what about you
ASL: me happy, you
Where is the bathroom
ASL: bathroom where
Busy
Excited
Question
Prefer
Teacher
Enjoy
Study
Summer
Sun
Hot
Vacation
Holiday
I live in Ohio
ASL: me live Ohio me
My name is Lily York
ASL: me name L I L Y Y O R k me
Do you understand
ASL: you understand you
Are you hearing
You hearing you
Where do you live
You live where you
A to Z
1 to 10
Honey
Picnic
How old are you
ASL: you age what you
Sorry
Can you please help me practice
ASL: help me practice please
Get ready
Else
Cucumber
Delicious
Peach
Potato
Strawberry
Fancy
To sign “fancy,” you brush the tip of the thumb of your right five-hand twice on your chest using an upward motion. The hand moves in a large circle, up, out, down, back. It is on the upward stroke that the thumb-tip touches the chest
Polite
you brush the tip of the thumb of your right five-hand twice on your chest using an upward motion. The hand moves in a large circle, up, out, down, back. It is on the upward stroke that the thumb-tip touches the chest. To sign polite, use smaller circular strokes
Cloudy
Sunset
Bright
Light
Outside
Meeting(as in I have a meeting)
Alot
Practice
Money
Second
Hour
Can
Same
Me too
Nice
Time
Minute
Can’t
both hands are facing palm down and are in “index finger handshapes.” Hold the right hand a few inches above and an inch to the right of the left hand. Hit two fingers together
Know
Don’t know
Okay
Clean
Student
Trash
Car
Denfend
Attack
Vegetable
String beans
Spinach
Salad
Warm
Swimming
Play
Rest/relax
Make
Favor
Call
For for (aka what’s that for or why is that)
Banana
Berry
Cherry
Avocado
Apple
Shrimp
Roast beef
Meat/beef/steak
Fish
Crab
Different
Alarm
Believe
Dead/pass away/ deceased
Coffee
Do you want help
ASL: you help want you
Age/old
Are you enjoying studying ASL
ASL: you enjoy study ASL you
How are you
ASL: how you
The bathroom is over there
ASL: bathroom over there
You like him/her
Who is your teacher
ASL: your teacher who
Yes, I am learning ASL
ASL: yes, me ASL learn me
I’m excited
ASL: me excited me
Where are you going on vacation
ASL: vacation go where you
What is your favorite color
ASL: you color favorite what you
Where is my book
ALS: my book where
No, I don’t understand
ASL: no, me don’t understand me
Yes, you can help me
ASL: yes, help me
Mountain
Sunglasses
Favorite
Color
White
Black