To sign "school bus", start by signing "school": hold your non-dominant hand flat with the palm facing up, and clap your dominant hand down onto it twice. Then, smoothly fingerspell the word "bus" (B-U-S) with your dominant hand.
Sign "school bus", then sign "here" by making small circles with both hands flat and palms facing up.
Point to yourself for "I", sign "miss" by grasping at the air in front of your face, and then sign "school bus".
Sign "you", "ride", and "school bus", making sure to raise your eyebrows at the end to indicate a yes/no question.
Sign "school bus", then sign "here" by making small circles with both hands flat and palms facing up.
Point to yourself for "I", sign "miss" by grasping at the air in front of your face, and then sign "school bus".
Sign "you", "ride", and "school bus", making sure to raise your eyebrows at the end to indicate a yes/no question.
Yes, in ASL, "bus" is almost always fingerspelled (B-U-S). Because it is a very short word, it is lexicalized, meaning the letters blend together into a quick, fluid motion rather than distinct individual letters.
You should clap your dominant hand onto your non-dominant hand exactly twice. Clapping more than that can look unnatural or change the meaning slightly.
While that might get your point across in a pinch, the standard and most accurate way to say "school bus" in ASL is to sign "school" followed by fingerspelling B-U-S.
