To sign 'I am sick', begin by making the sign for 'sick'. Form both hands into open '5' shapes with the middle fingers bent inward. Touch your forehead with your dominant middle finger and your stomach with your non-dominant middle finger simultaneously. Make sure to use a pained or unwell facial expression. Then, sign 'I' by pointing directly to the center of your chest with your dominant index finger.
Sign 'I am sick' just as demonstrated, making sure your facial expression clearly shows you are feeling unwell to justify staying home.
After signing 'I am sick', you can sign 'need' and 'rest' to explain your plan for getting better.
Sign 'I am sick', then follow up with the sign for 'fever' (touching the back of your hand to your forehead) to give more detail about your illness.
Sign 'I am sick' just as demonstrated, making sure your facial expression clearly shows you are feeling unwell to justify staying home.
After signing 'I am sick', you can sign 'need' and 'rest' to explain your plan for getting better.
Sign 'I am sick', then follow up with the sign for 'fever' (touching the back of your hand to your forehead) to give more detail about your illness.
No, ASL does not use 'to be' verbs like 'am', 'is', or 'are'. You simply sign the concepts 'sick' and 'I', and the meaning 'I am sick' is fully understood by fluent signers.
Yes, absolutely! In ASL, you can sign 'I SICK' or 'SICK I'. Both structures are grammatically correct and widely used. The video demonstrates 'SICK I', but starting with 'I' is also perfectly natural.
Touching both the head and stomach represents the entire body feeling unwell. Since these are the two most common areas affected by general illness, combining them visually communicates a full-body state of sickness.
