To sign 'hurts', form both hands into '1' handshapes with your index fingers extended. Point your index fingers toward each other in front of your chest. Twist your wrists in opposite directions a couple of times, bringing the fingers close together. Remember to use a facial expression that shows pain or discomfort!
To sign this, you can actually move the sign for 'hurts' up to your forehead to show exactly where the pain is located.
Sign 'where', then sign 'hurts' in its neutral position in front of your chest while furrowing your eyebrows to ask a wh-question.
You can perform the sign for 'hurts' down near your stomach to clearly indicate the location of the ache without needing a separate sign for 'stomach'.
To sign this, you can actually move the sign for 'hurts' up to your forehead to show exactly where the pain is located.
Sign 'where', then sign 'hurts' in its neutral position in front of your chest while furrowing your eyebrows to ask a wh-question.
You can perform the sign for 'hurts' down near your stomach to clearly indicate the location of the ache without needing a separate sign for 'stomach'.
Yes! While it is often used for physical pain, you can sign 'hurts' directly over your heart to indicate emotional pain, heartbreak, or hurt feelings.
Not necessarily. The chest is the neutral location for the general concept of pain, but you can move it to the specific area that hurts. For example, signing it near your jaw means 'toothache'.
In ASL, 'hurt', 'pain', and 'ache' generally use the exact same sign. You can modify the speed of the twisting motion and your facial expression to show whether it is a sharp pain or a dull, lingering ache.
