To sign "wallet," start with both hands in flat shapes, palms facing each other and pressed together like a closed book. Keep your fingers pointing forward. Keeping the bottom edges of your hands (the pinky sides) touching, open the top edges slightly and then close them back together. Repeat this opening and closing motion twice, as if you are opening a physical wallet to look inside.
Sign 'I', 'forget' (wiping across your forehead and pulling into an 'A' shape), 'my', 'wallet' (opening and closing your flat hands), and 'home'.
Sign 'your', 'wallet', and then 'where' (shaking your index finger side to side) while furrowing your eyebrows to indicate a 'wh-' question.
Sign 'my', 'wallet', and then 'empty' (swiping your dominant middle finger across the back of your non-dominant hand), adding a disappointed facial expression.
Sign 'I', 'forget' (wiping across your forehead and pulling into an 'A' shape), 'my', 'wallet' (opening and closing your flat hands), and 'home'.
Sign 'your', 'wallet', and then 'where' (shaking your index finger side to side) while furrowing your eyebrows to indicate a 'wh-' question.
Sign 'my', 'wallet', and then 'empty' (swiping your dominant middle finger across the back of your non-dominant hand), adding a disappointed facial expression.
While both signs use flat hands hinged at the pinky side, 'book' opens fully once, as if opening a book to read its pages. 'Wallet' only opens slightly at the top and repeats the opening and closing motion a couple of times.
Yes, 'wallet' is a symmetrical two-handed sign. Both hands are required to represent the two folding halves of the wallet coming together.
Yes, your fingers should point forward, away from your body. This allows your palms to face each other and hinge properly at the bottom edge, accurately mimicking how a wallet opens.
