Hold your non-dominant hand in front of your chest with the index finger extended horizontally, pointing toward your dominant side. With your dominant hand, extend your index and pinky fingers while keeping the middle and ring fingers curled. Tap your dominant index finger against the top of your non-dominant index finger twice. This motion mimics flicking the ash off a cigarette.
To sign this, you would use the sign for 'cigarette' and then follow it up with the verb for 'smoke' (bringing a V-handshape to your lips) to clearly describe the action taking place outside.
For this sentence, you will sign 'cigarette' first as the topic, followed by the sign for 'bad.' You can then point to your body or sign 'health' to convey the negative physical impact.
When asking this question, remember to raise your eyebrows and lean forward slightly, which is the ASL grammar rule for yes/no questions. Sign 'you,' 'have,' and finish with the sign for 'cigarette.'
To sign this, you would use the sign for 'cigarette' and then follow it up with the verb for 'smoke' (bringing a V-handshape to your lips) to clearly describe the action taking place outside.
For this sentence, you will sign 'cigarette' first as the topic, followed by the sign for 'bad.' You can then point to your body or sign 'health' to convey the negative physical impact.
When asking this question, remember to raise your eyebrows and lean forward slightly, which is the ASL grammar rule for yes/no questions. Sign 'you,' 'have,' and finish with the sign for 'cigarette.'
Not exactly. While they are closely related, 'smoke' is an action verb signed by bringing a V-handshape to your lips, mimicking the act of smoking. 'Cigarette' is a noun referring to the physical object, signed by tapping the fingers together.
Yes, hand dominance is important in ASL. Your non-dominant hand should always act as the stationary base (the cigarette), while your dominant hand performs the active tapping motion. This keeps your signing clear and grammatically correct.
While extending the pinky finger is shown in this specific video variation, it is not strictly mandatory. Many signers will simply use their dominant index finger to tap the non-dominant index finger. Both variations are correct and widely understood.
