Form both hands into a flattened "O" handshape. Hands should be held up near the head and pointed at forty-five degree angles to each other while moving the hands away and toward the signer repeatedly. Facial expression can show a variety of adverbs such as strenuously, easily, exasperated, or attentively.
Point to yourself for 'I', sign 'want' by pulling open hands toward you with slightly clawed fingers, and then sign 'teach' by moving your flattened 'O' hands forward from your head.
Point to the person for 'she', perform the 'teach' sign with the repeated forward motion from your head, and then fingerspell A-S-L.
Point to him, sign 'good' from your chin, then sign 'teach' followed immediately by the 'person marker' (both flat hands moving straight down) to change the verb 'teach' into the noun 'teacher'.
Point to yourself for 'I', sign 'want' by pulling open hands toward you with slightly clawed fingers, and then sign 'teach' by moving your flattened 'O' hands forward from your head.
Point to the person for 'she', perform the 'teach' sign with the repeated forward motion from your head, and then fingerspell A-S-L.
Point to him, sign 'good' from your chin, then sign 'teach' followed immediately by the 'person marker' (both flat hands moving straight down) to change the verb 'teach' into the noun 'teacher'.
A flattened 'O' handshape is made by touching all your fingertips to your thumb, keeping your fingers relatively straight rather than curved into a circle. It looks very similar to a duck's beak or how your hand looks when making a shadow puppet of a talking mouth.
In ASL, you can turn many action verbs into nouns by adding the 'person marker' (also called the agent marker). Sign 'teach' normally, then immediately bring both flat hands straight down parallel to your body to mean 'teacher.'
Yes! 'Teach' is a directional verb. While the standard sign moves outward from your head to mean 'teaching someone else,' you can start the sign away from your body and move the flattened 'O' hands toward your own head to mean 'teach me.'
