The American Sign Language Phrase Book (59 page)

FINLAND

FIREFIGHTER

FIRST

FISH

FISHING

fitting (AGREE)

five aids for reading the drawings

FLIP OVER

FLOOD

FLOWER

FLUNK

FOLLOW

food (EAT)

FOOTBALL

FOR

forbid (PROHIBIT)

FORK

foster children/daughter/son/brother/sister

fractions

FRANCE

free (SAVE)

free time (VACATION)

freeze (ICE)

FRESHMAN

FRIDAY

FRIEND

frighten (SCARE)

FROG

FROM

FUNERAL

future (WILL)

GALLAUDET—Thomas H. Gallaudet; Gallaudet College. This is also the sign for glasses (spectacles)

GALOSHES (overshoes)

GAY

GERMANY—German

GET—acquire

GET ON

GET UP—arise from a sitting or prone position

GIRAFFE

GIRL

GIVE ME

glad (HAPPY)

GLASS

glasses, spectacles (GALLAUDET)

GO—the emphasis is on leaving, departing, going away

go away—(3) MELT

go into (ENTER)

GO TO—the emphasis is arriving, going to a place

go to sleep (BED)

goal (AIM)

GOAT

GOD

GOING—The emphasis is the act itself as it is happening. If you and a deaf person are walking along together and you wish to ask where you are going, use this sign. It is used less often than the other signs for "go"

GOLF

gone (1) ABSENT

    (2) GO

GOOD

GOOD-BYE

good—THANK YOU

GO—the emphasis is on leaving, departing, going away

GOT TO (MUST)

GOVERNMENT

governor—combination of GOVERNMENT and AGENT

GPS

grab (ARREST)

GRAB—take

GRADUATE

graduate school—combination of GRADUATE and SCHOOL

graduate student—combination of GRADUATE, LEARN, and AGENT

GRANDFATHER

GRANDMOTHER

GRAVE—tomb; cemetery

gravy (GREASE)

GRAY

GREASE—oily; gravy

GREECE—Greek

GREEN

gripe (COMPLAIN)

GROUP

GROW—spring

grumble (COMPLAIN)

guidance (ADVISE)

HAIR DRYER

half brother/sister

HAMBURGER

HANDBALL

HAPPY—glad; merry

Happy birthday

Happy Hanukkah

Happy New Year

HARD

hard-boiled eggs

HARD DRIVE (H-D)

HARD-OF-HEARING

HAT

HATE

HAVE

HAVE—own, possess

HAWAII

HAWK

HE GIVES HER

HE/HIM/SHE/HER/IT

HE/SHE/IT

HEADACHE

HEALTH—This is a new sign so it may not be known by many deaf people. It is used mostly in academic circles

HEAR

HEARING

HEARING AID

HEAVEN

Hebrew (JEWISH)

HELL

HELLO

HELP—aid, assist

HERE

high-definition TV

HIM/HER/IT

HIMSELF/HERSELF/ITSELF

HIS/HER/ITS

HISTORY

HOLLAND—Dutch

HOME

HOPE—expect

hope to be (AIM)

HORSE

HOSPITAL

HOT

HOTEL

hour (ONE HOUR)

HOUSE

housewife—combination of HOUSE and WIFE

HOW

HOW MANY—how much

HOW MUCH

how much (HOW MANY)

however (BUT)

HUNGER—wish; desire, passion, lust

HUNTING

hurt (PAIN)

HUSBAND

HYPODERMIC—get a shot

I/ME

ICE—freeze

ICE CREAM

ICE-SKATE

ill (SICK)

illegal (PROHIBIT)

impossible (CAN'T)

IN

IN—inside

IN-LAW

indeed (TRUE)

INDEPENDENT

INDIA

influence (ADVISE)

inquire (QUERY)

insane (CRAZY)

INSECT

INSTITUTE

INSTITUTION—although this sign means "institution," it is used almost exclusively to mean a residential school for deaf children

instruct (TEACH)

INSURANCE

INTERNET

Internet service providers

INTERPRET

INTRODUCE

IP relay

iPods

IRAN

IRELAND—Irish

ISLAM/MUSLIM

ISRAEL—Israeli

IT—he; she

ITALY—Italian

jacket (COAT)

JAIL

JAPAN—Japanese

JESUS

JEWISH

JEWISH—Hebrew

job (WORK)

JOIN—connect

journal (MAGAZINE)

JUDGE

judge—combination of JUDGE and AGENT

JUDGE—court, trial

July

JUNIOR

KNEEL

KNIFE

KNOW

KOREA—Korean

labeling of the drawings

LANGUAGE

LAPTOP

LARGE—big

LAST WEEK—a week ago

LAST YEAR—a year ago

LATE—In addition to meaning "tardy," this sign is used a great deal to mean "not yet." It implies than an event has not taken place, but will take place. For example, the sentence EAT LATE means, "I haven't eaten yet"

LATE AFTERNOON

LATER—after a while

LAW

lawyer—combination of LAW and AGENT

LEARN

LEFT—opposite of right

LEFT TURN

LEGISLATURE

LEMON

LEND—borrow

LESBIAN

LESS

LESS THAN

LESSON—course, chapter

LET'S SEE—used in expressions such as "We'll see about that"

LETTUCE

lexicalized fingerspelling

liberate (SAVE)

LIBRARY

LICENSE

LIE DOWN

light, sight, and space

LIGHT FLASH

LIGHTNING

LIKE

LIKE—to be attracted to, enjoy

line of work (MAJOR)

LION

LIPREAD—Schools for deaf children that do not use any sign language in their instructional program are called "oral" schools. This sign is used to refer to these schools. A school for hearing children is signed SPEAK SCHOOL. The LIPREAD sign also means "speech" and "to read lips"

LITTLE BIT—not much

LIVE—life; address

LOAF

LOBSTER

LONG—used only in the sense of long span of something that endures or lasts for a long time

LONG AGO

LOOK—watch; stare

look like (FACE)

LORD

LOSE

LOUSY—awful, terrible, rotten, crummy

LOVE

lovely (PRETTY)

LUGGAGE—baggage; suitcase

lunch—combination of EAT and NOON

LUTHERAN

MAGAZINE—journal

magnificent (WONDERFUL)

MAJOR—course of study in school; line of work; specialty

MAN

manage (CONTROL)

manual alphabet

Manually Coded English (MCEs)

MANY—a lot of

MARRY

MASS

MATH

may (CAN)

may not (CAN'T)

MAYBE

MCEs (Manually Coded English)

ME/I

MEAN—intended, intention, meaning

MEAT

MEDICINE

MEDIUM (glass)

MEET—encounter another person

MELON

MELT—disappear, go away

MEMORIZE

Merry Christmas

merry (HAPPY)

MESSAGE/COMMENT

MEXICO—Mexican

MILK

MILWAUKEE

MINUTE

MISSIONARY

MISTAKE

MIX

MOBILE PHONE—cell phone

modify (CHANGE)

MONDAY

MONEY

money

MONKEY

MONTH

MONTHLY

MORE THAN

MORMON

MORNING

MOST

MOTHER

motion pictures (MOVIE)

MOUNTAIN

MOUSE

MOVIE—cinema, film, motion pictures

MSN

MUCH

MULE

MUSEUM

MUSIC—sing, song

MUSLIM/ISLAM

MUST—
SM
: necessary, have to, go to, obligated to. The idea is that one has no choice

MUST—
DM
: should, ought to; the idea here is that it would be a good idea, but that it is not obligatory. The double movement may also mean "need"

MUST NEED

MY—mine

MYSELF

NAME

names

NEAR

NEAR FUTURE

NEED

negation

negative questions

NEPHEW

NEVER

NEW

NEW ORLEANS

NEW YORK

NEWSPAPER

NEXT WEEK—a week from now

NEXT YEAR

NICE—
SM
:

NICE—
DM
: clean, neat

NIECE

NIGHT—evening

no

no one (NONE)

NONE—not any; nothing; no one

NOON

NORWAY—Norwegian

NOT—don't; didn't

not allowed (PROHIBIT)

not any (NONE)

not much (LITTLE BIT)

nothing (NONE)

NOTIFY—inform

NOW

NOW—at present

NOW—at present, present, presently

NUMBER

numbers

NUT

OBEY

objective (AIM)

objects (COMPLAIN)

ocean (WATER, WAVE [1], WAVE [2], WAVE [3])

ODD—strange

offend, offensive (DISGUST)

oily (GREASE)

OK (FINE)

OLD—age

Olympics (CHAIN)

ON

ONE HOUR

ONION

ONLY—single, alone. In addition to this meaning, the ONLY sign means "some" in expressions such as "someone," "someday," "something," and "somehow," either in combination with signs ONE, DAY, THING, and HOW, or all by itself. In the sentence, "I had some feeling that everything was not right," the ONLY sign is used for the idea of "some"