To sign 'guide', hold your non-dominant hand flat in front of you, with the palm facing your dominant side and fingers pointing forward. Grasp the fingertips of your non-dominant hand with your dominant hand. Then, pull both hands forward together, as if you are leading someone along a path.
Sign 'guide' by moving the hands toward your own body instead of forward to indicate that you are the one being guided.
Sign 'guide' moving forward, then add the 'person' marker (moving both flat hands downward) to indicate the profession.
Use the standard forward movement of the sign to show that you are taking the lead and directing the other person.
Sign 'guide' by moving the hands toward your own body instead of forward to indicate that you are the one being guided.
Sign 'guide' moving forward, then add the 'person' marker (moving both flat hands downward) to indicate the profession.
Use the standard forward movement of the sign to show that you are taking the lead and directing the other person.
Yes! To specify a person who guides, you simply perform the sign for 'guide' and then immediately add the 'person' marker by sliding both flat hands downward.
Yes, ASL uses directional verbs. Moving the hands forward means 'I guide you' or guiding in general. If you pull the hands toward your own body, it changes the meaning to 'guide me' or 'lead me'.
Your dominant hand should be the one grasping and pulling your non-dominant hand. The dominant hand represents the active guide taking the lead.
