To sign "grape," hold your non-dominant hand flat in front of you with the palm facing down. Form your dominant hand into a loose "claw" shape with your fingers slightly curved. Tap the fingertips of your dominant claw hand lightly along the back of your non-dominant hand, bouncing it two or three times as you move from the wrist toward the fingertips.
Sign "I," "love," "eat," and "green," then finish by signing "grape," bouncing your clawed dominant hand down the back of your flat non-dominant hand.
Sign "You," "want," "apple," "or," and then "grape." Remember to raise your eyebrows at the end of the sentence to indicate you are asking a yes/no question.
Sign "Grape" followed by "sour." When signing "sour," make sure to use a strong facial expression that matches the puckered feeling of eating something tart.
Sign "I," "love," "eat," and "green," then finish by signing "grape," bouncing your clawed dominant hand down the back of your flat non-dominant hand.
Sign "You," "want," "apple," "or," and then "grape." Remember to raise your eyebrows at the end of the sentence to indicate you are asking a yes/no question.
Sign "Grape" followed by "sour." When signing "sour," make sure to use a strong facial expression that matches the puckered feeling of eating something tart.
Yes, you should always use your non-dominant hand as the stationary 'vine' (palm down) and your dominant hand to do the bouncing 'claw' motion. This keeps your signing comfortable and follows standard ASL grammar.
Two to three light bounces are usually perfect. Start near the wrist or the back of the hand and bounce down toward the fingers to show the length of the grape cluster.
No, they look quite different! While 'grape' uses a bouncing claw on the back of the hand, 'wine' uses the ASL letter 'W' moving in small circles on the cheek.
