To sign 'dollars', hold your non-dominant hand flat in front of you with the palm facing inward or slightly up, as if holding a stack of money. Take your dominant hand and grab the top edge or fingers of your non-dominant hand with your fingers and thumb. Slide your dominant hand outward and away from your body, as if you are pulling a single dollar bill off the top of the stack.
Sign 'fifty' followed immediately by the sign for 'dollars'. In ASL, for amounts of ten or more, you sign the number first and then use this standard sign for dollars.
Use this sign when talking about dollars in a general sense. Sign 'I', 'need', 'save', 'more', and finish with the sign for 'dollars'.
Establish the subject 'she', sign 'give-me', then sign the number 'twenty', and finally slide your dominant hand off your non-dominant hand to sign 'dollars'.
Sign 'fifty' followed immediately by the sign for 'dollars'. In ASL, for amounts of ten or more, you sign the number first and then use this standard sign for dollars.
Use this sign when talking about dollars in a general sense. Sign 'I', 'need', 'save', 'more', and finish with the sign for 'dollars'.
Establish the subject 'she', sign 'give-me', then sign the number 'twenty', and finally slide your dominant hand off your non-dominant hand to sign 'dollars'.
Not always! In ASL, amounts from 1 to 9 are usually signed by twisting the number handshape itself (the 'dollar twist'), rather than using this separate sign. However, for amounts 10 and higher, or when talking about 'dollars' generally, you will use this sign.
While 'dollars' specifically refers to the currency, there is a different, distinct sign for 'money' where you tap the palm of your flat non-dominant hand with the back of your dominant hand's fingers. Use the 'dollars' sign when specifically discussing the currency.
Yes, your dominant hand should always be the one on top doing the pulling motion. Your non-dominant hand serves as the stationary base, representing the stack of bills.
