Form both hands into 'Y' handshapes, extending your thumbs and pinkies while curling your middle, ring, and index fingers. Point your thumbs toward your body and start with your hands up near your shoulders. Move both hands downward and inward toward the center of your torso, as if you are pulling the lapels of a jacket together.
Sign 'cold' and 'outside', then use the 'Y' handshape motion for 'jacket' to emphasize getting ready for the chilly weather.
Sign 'buy', 'new', and 'blue', then finish with the sign for 'jacket', pulling your 'Y' hands down your chest.
Sign 'my' and 'jacket', then use the 'where' sign while furrowing your eyebrows to indicate you are asking a 'wh-' question.
Sign 'cold' and 'outside', then use the 'Y' handshape motion for 'jacket' to emphasize getting ready for the chilly weather.
Sign 'buy', 'new', and 'blue', then finish with the sign for 'jacket', pulling your 'Y' hands down your chest.
Sign 'my' and 'jacket', then use the 'where' sign while furrowing your eyebrows to indicate you are asking a 'wh-' question.
They are often used interchangeably! Many signers use the 'Y' handshape version specifically for 'jacket' and an 'A' handshape (fists) version for 'coat', but both generally convey the same meaning of outerwear.
You do not need to make hard contact with your chest. Your thumbs can lightly brush your clothing or simply hover just above your torso as you move your hands downward and inward.
No, 'jacket' is a symmetrical two-handed sign. Using both hands is necessary to accurately show the visual action of pulling both sides of a jacket together.
