Form both hands into 'L' shapes with your index fingers and thumbs extended. Place your hands near the center of your chest, with your thumbs pointing inward and your index fingers pointing down. Trace the outline of a bra by moving your hands outwards and downwards across your chest.
To sign this, you would sign 'I', 'need', 'buy', 'new', and then trace the 'L' shapes across your chest to sign 'bra'.
Point to your chest or the garment, sign 'bra', and then use the sign for 'uncomfortable' to express how it feels.
Sign 'you', 'wear', 'bra', 'size', and then use the WH-question facial expression (furrowed eyebrows) for 'what' at the end of the sentence.
To sign this, you would sign 'I', 'need', 'buy', 'new', and then trace the 'L' shapes across your chest to sign 'bra'.
Point to your chest or the garment, sign 'bra', and then use the sign for 'uncomfortable' to express how it feels.
Sign 'you', 'wear', 'bra', 'size', and then use the WH-question facial expression (furrowed eyebrows) for 'what' at the end of the sentence.
No, you do not need to make physical contact with your chest or clothing. You can perform the tracing motion just an inch or two away from your body, and the meaning will still be perfectly clear to the person you are signing with.
No, 'bra' is a two-handed symmetrical sign. Because the garment itself covers both sides of the chest, using both hands is necessary to accurately trace its shape. Using only one hand would look unnatural and might not be understood.
Not at all! It is the standard, everyday ASL vocabulary word for the clothing item. As long as it is signed naturally, respectfully, and in the appropriate context, it is a completely neutral term, just like saying the word in English.
