Form both hands into "F" handshapes, with your index fingers and thumbs touching and your other fingers extended. Start with your hands together in front of your chest, with the tips of the index fingers and thumbs touching. Pull your hands apart horizontally to the sides while making a slight wavy or twisting motion.
Sign "YOU", "WRITE", and then "SENTENCE" by starting with your "F" hands together and pulling them apart with a wavy motion.
Sign "I", "NOT UNDERSTAND", "THIS", and finish with the sign for "SENTENCE", keeping the movement parallel to your chest.
Sign "PLEASE", "AGAIN", "LAST", and then "SENTENCE", making sure to clearly show the pulling apart motion to represent the string of words.
Sign "YOU", "WRITE", and then "SENTENCE" by starting with your "F" hands together and pulling them apart with a wavy motion.
Sign "I", "NOT UNDERSTAND", "THIS", and finish with the sign for "SENTENCE", keeping the movement parallel to your chest.
Sign "PLEASE", "AGAIN", "LAST", and then "SENTENCE", making sure to clearly show the pulling apart motion to represent the string of words.
Both signs use 'F' handshapes and a pulling-apart motion. However, 'language' usually involves a more pronounced, alternating twisting movement of the hands, while 'sentence' is a smoother, wavy pull straight outward.
No, this sign specifically refers to a grammatical sentence, like a string of written or spoken words. For a prison sentence, you would use signs related to 'jail,' 'time,' or 'punishment' depending on the context.
Pulling your hands just past shoulder width is standard. However, ASL is very expressive; if you want to emphasize a very long, run-on sentence, you can pull your hands much further apart to visually show the length.
