Form a 'C' shape with your dominant hand and place it near your dominant eye, as if you are looking through a small telescope. Move your hand in a continuous, small circular motion in front of your face. Keep your facial expression engaged, perhaps furrowing your eyebrows slightly, to show that you are actively searching or looking for something.
Sign 'I', then use the 'C' handshape near your eye moving in a circle for 'looking', followed by the sign for 'keys'. Furrow your eyebrows to show you are actively searching.
Point to the person for 'you', sign 'looking' using the circular 'C' handshape motion, and then sign 'what'. Keep your eyebrows furrowed throughout to indicate a WH-question.
Sign 'dog', then use the 'looking' sign with a prolonged, slightly larger circular motion. Add a tired or frustrated facial expression to emphasize that the search took a long time.
Sign 'I', then use the 'C' handshape near your eye moving in a circle for 'looking', followed by the sign for 'keys'. Furrow your eyebrows to show you are actively searching.
Point to the person for 'you', sign 'looking' using the circular 'C' handshape motion, and then sign 'what'. Keep your eyebrows furrowed throughout to indicate a WH-question.
Sign 'dog', then use the 'looking' sign with a prolonged, slightly larger circular motion. Add a tired or frustrated facial expression to emphasize that the search took a long time.
No, this specific sign means 'looking for' or 'searching.' To say someone 'looks' a certain way regarding their appearance, you would use the sign for 'face' or 'appearance,' which uses a completely different handshape and movement.
This version of 'looking' is typically signed with just your dominant hand. You form the 'C' shape and make the circular motion near your dominant eye. There is a two-handed variation for 'search', but the one-handed version is very common.
In ASL, you can modify a sign's meaning by changing its movement and your facial expression. To show you've been looking for a long time, make the circular motion larger and slower, and show exhaustion on your face.
