🌇 ASL Sign of the Day: AFTERNOON

Two flat-B forearms. No movement. The angle does all the talking.

Hold your dominant forearm at 45° over your non-dominant horizontal arm — that angle is the sun's position in the afternoon sky. Past noon, not yet evening. Your body becomes a sundial.

AFTERNOON is one of ASL's handful of static signs: the held position itself carries the meaning, no arc or sweep required. Compare it to MORNING (Episode 6), where the dominant hand rises up — here, the sun has already peaked.

Flat-B handshape: four fingers extended and together, thumb relaxed. Both palms face down. The non-dominant arm stays level as your base; the dominant forearm rests on top at that 45° pitch.

Usage: "Let's meet this afternoon for coffee."

The 45° angle isn't arbitrary — morning sits lower (rising), afternoon sits mid-high (peaked), and EVENING will drop further toward the horizon. Once you see the solar logic, the whole time-of-day family clicks into place.

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