To sign 'reach', extend your dominant hand forward with your palm facing down and your fingers spread and slightly curved. Move your hand forward while closing your fingers into a fist, as if you are reaching out and grabbing an object.
Sign 'reach' by extending your hand upward instead of straight forward, mimicking the action of grabbing something from a high place.
Use your dominant hand to sign 'reach' while moving it horizontally across your body, showing the exact direction of the physical reach.
Sign 'reach' with a strong, definitive closing of the fist at the end of the movement to emphasize successfully catching the object.
Sign 'reach' by extending your hand upward instead of straight forward, mimicking the action of grabbing something from a high place.
Use your dominant hand to sign 'reach' while moving it horizontally across your body, showing the exact direction of the physical reach.
Sign 'reach' with a strong, definitive closing of the fist at the end of the movement to emphasize successfully catching the object.
No, this specific sign is used for the physical act of reaching for an object. If you want to say you 'reached a goal' or 'arrived', you would use the sign for 'arrive', which involves your dominant hand landing on the back of your non-dominant hand.
You should generally use your dominant hand to sign 'reach'. However, if you are describing a situation where someone specifically reached with their non-dominant hand, you can use that hand to be more visually accurate.
Yes! If you are describing a situation where someone reaches out with both hands to grab something large, you can perform this sign with both hands simultaneously to show exactly what happened.
