To sign "chocolate milk," you will combine the signs for "chocolate" and "milk." First, form a 'C' handshape with your dominant hand and place your non-dominant arm in front of you, palm facing down. Rub the thumb side of your 'C' hand in a small circle on the back of your non-dominant hand. Then, drop your non-dominant hand and use your dominant hand to make a squeezing motion, opening and closing your fist a couple of times as if milking a cow.
To sign this, point to yourself, sign KIDS, LOVE, DRINK, and then smoothly combine the signs for CHOCOLATE and MILK.
Sign YOU, WANT, MILK, OR, and then the compound sign for CHOCOLATE MILK, keeping your eyebrows raised to indicate a choice question.
Sign WE, OUT-OF, and finish with the signs for CHOCOLATE and MILK, shaking your head slightly to emphasize that there is none left.
To sign this, point to yourself, sign KIDS, LOVE, DRINK, and then smoothly combine the signs for CHOCOLATE and MILK.
Sign YOU, WANT, MILK, OR, and then the compound sign for CHOCOLATE MILK, keeping your eyebrows raised to indicate a choice question.
Sign WE, OUT-OF, and finish with the signs for CHOCOLATE and MILK, shaking your head slightly to emphasize that there is none left.
While the standalone sign for "milk" can be done with one or two hands, it is most common and efficient to use just your dominant hand for "milk" when signing the compound "chocolate milk."
No, you should not pause. In ASL, compound signs flow together naturally. Transition smoothly from the circular motion of "chocolate" right into the squeezing motion of "milk" without breaking your rhythm.
The exact direction of the circle does not strictly matter, but most signers naturally rub the 'C' handshape in a counterclockwise direction (from their own perspective) on the back of their non-dominant hand.
