American Sign Language

Learn the ASL sign WIND with a four-card guide to the open-hand shape, loose side-to-side wave, ending position, and a short weather sentence.

Learn the ASL sign RAIN with a four-card guide to the open-5 handshape, downward finger flutter, ending position, and a simple weather sentence.

Learn SOMETIMES in ASL with a 4-card guide to the index-finger handshape, long narrow oval, ending point, and a practice sentence.

Learn NEVER in ASL with a clear 4-card beginner guide: flat-B start, one firm downward arc, ending position, and a simple practice sentence.

ALWAYS uses one upright index finger moving in a smooth circle, showing something that happens again and again. July Time Expressions, Episode 18.

Bent-B hand flicks forward and down from the chin in one smooth arc — that's SOON in ASL. Episode 17 of the July Time Expressions series, with a parent-to-child usage scenario.

Both open 5-hands flutter in place at chest height — no travel, no freeze — that's WAIT in ASL. Episode 16 of the July Time Expressions series, with a doctor's office usage scenario.

One circling index finger around a fixed point = WHEN. July Time Expressions, Ep. 15.

Both hands form a clock — one short pivot of the dominant edge = MINUTE. July Time Expressions, Episode 14.

Index finger = hour hand, flat palm = clock face. One full clockwise circle = HOUR.

Both S-hands — dominant revolves once around non-dominant like Earth orbiting the sun. July Time Expressions, Episode 12.

Dominant index slides down the upright non-dominant finger — one stroke for MONTH. July Time Expressions, Episode 11.