To sign alien, cross your arms at the wrists in front of your chest. Form both hands into a loose '5' handshape with your fingers spread and slightly bent, resembling claws. Keep your palms facing generally toward you. Finally, wiggle all of your fingers continuously. This sign visually represents the strange, moving tentacles or antennae of an extraterrestrial creature.
To ask this, sign believe, then sign alien by crossing your wrists and wiggling your bent fingers. Don't forget to raise your eyebrows and lean forward slightly, which is the standard ASL grammatical marker for asking a yes/no question.
Begin by establishing the context with the signs for movie and scary. Then, use the crossed-wrist sign for alien to describe the creatures in the film. You can emphasize the sign by using a frightened facial expression.
Sign alien first to establish the subject of the sentence. Then, instead of a separate sign for spaceship, you can use a classifier—like a flattened 'O' handshape—moving quickly through the air to show the vehicle flying away.
To ask this, sign believe, then sign alien by crossing your wrists and wiggling your bent fingers. Don't forget to raise your eyebrows and lean forward slightly, which is the standard ASL grammatical marker for asking a yes/no question.
Begin by establishing the context with the signs for movie and scary. Then, use the crossed-wrist sign for alien to describe the creatures in the film. You can emphasize the sign by using a frightened facial expression.
Sign alien first to establish the subject of the sentence. Then, instead of a separate sign for spaceship, you can use a classifier—like a flattened 'O' handshape—moving quickly through the air to show the vehicle flying away.
Yes, this crossed-wrist, wiggling-finger sign is highly versatile and is often used interchangeably for monster, creature, or alien. The exact meaning is usually clear based on the context of your conversation and your facial expressions.
No, it does not matter which wrist is on top. You can cross your dominant hand over your non-dominant hand, or vice versa. Simply choose whichever position feels most comfortable and natural for your arms.
Yes, another common variation involves placing bent 'V' or '1' handshapes at the top or sides of your head and wiggling them to look like classic Martian antennae. However, the crossed-wrist version shown here is widely understood.
