To sign finger, hold up your non-dominant hand in a '1' handshape with your index finger pointing straight up and your palm facing inward. Take your dominant hand, also in a '1' handshape, and point the index finger horizontally. Rub the side of your dominant index finger up and down the length of your non-dominant index finger a couple of times.
Start by pointing to yourself for 'I', sign 'accident', then sign 'finger'. Finish by mimicking a cutting motion over your non-dominant index finger to show exactly what happened.
Sign 'my', then sign 'finger'. Follow this with the sign for 'cold', shivering your shoulders slightly and using a facial expression that conveys feeling chilly.
Point to the person for 'she', sign 'finger', and then mimic sliding a ring onto your non-dominant ring finger to clearly illustrate the concept.
Start by pointing to yourself for 'I', sign 'accident', then sign 'finger'. Finish by mimicking a cutting motion over your non-dominant index finger to show exactly what happened.
Sign 'my', then sign 'finger'. Follow this with the sign for 'cold', shivering your shoulders slightly and using a facial expression that conveys feeling chilly.
Point to the person for 'she', sign 'finger', and then mimic sliding a ring onto your non-dominant ring finger to clearly illustrate the concept.
The general sign for finger always uses the index fingers. If you need to specify a particular finger, you would typically point to or hold up that specific finger on your non-dominant hand after signing the general word.
You can use this exact same sign for the plural 'fingers'. Context usually makes it clear. Alternatively, to emphasize multiple fingers, you might hold up your hand and wiggle all of your fingers.
No, the standard movement for this sign is strictly up and down along the length of the finger. Moving side-to-side would look unnatural and might confuse the person you are communicating with.
