To sign honeymoon, form an 'H' (or 'U') handshape with your dominant hand by extending your index and middle fingers together, keeping your other fingers curled. With your palm facing inward, tap the tips of your extended fingers against your chin. Then, move your hand slightly up and out to tap the same fingers against your cheek.
To sign this, ask 'HONEYMOON YOU GO WHERE?' Start with the sign for honeymoon, point to the person, sign 'go', and finish with 'where'. Remember to furrow your eyebrows at the end, which is the grammatical marker for 'wh-' questions in ASL.
You can express this by signing 'OUR HONEYMOON HAWAII'. First, sign 'our' by sweeping a cupped hand from your dominant shoulder to your non-dominant shoulder. Then, sign honeymoon, and finish with the sign for Hawaii, tracing a circle around your face.
To sign this sentence, point to the couple (or the space where you established them), sign 'HONEYMOON', and then sign 'NOW' by dropping both 'Y' handshapes down in front of you. This clearly indicates that their trip is currently happening.
To sign this, ask 'HONEYMOON YOU GO WHERE?' Start with the sign for honeymoon, point to the person, sign 'go', and finish with 'where'. Remember to furrow your eyebrows at the end, which is the grammatical marker for 'wh-' questions in ASL.
You can express this by signing 'OUR HONEYMOON HAWAII'. First, sign 'our' by sweeping a cupped hand from your dominant shoulder to your non-dominant shoulder. Then, sign honeymoon, and finish with the sign for Hawaii, tracing a circle around your face.
To sign this sentence, point to the couple (or the space where you established them), sign 'HONEYMOON', and then sign 'NOW' by dropping both 'Y' handshapes down in front of you. This clearly indicates that their trip is currently happening.
In standard ASL, the sign for honeymoon always starts at the chin and then moves up to the cheek. Reversing the order can look unnatural or confusing to fluent signers. Practicing the chin-then-cheek sequence will help build the correct muscle memory for this and similar signs.
The 'H' and 'U' handshapes are nearly identical, featuring the index and middle fingers extended together. Because the fingers point upward toward the face in this sign, it physically resembles a 'U'. However, it is conceptually an 'H' to represent the English word honeymoon.
No, honeymoon is strictly a one-handed sign. You should use your dominant hand to perform the taps on your chin and cheek. Keep your non-dominant hand relaxed at your side. Using both hands would look incorrect and could disrupt the natural flow of your signing.
