To sign weekend, start with your non-dominant hand flat in front of you, palm facing up or slightly inward. Take your dominant hand, also in a flat handshape with the palm facing sideways, and place the heel of it near the base of your non-dominant hand. Slide your dominant hand forward along the palm of your non-dominant hand. Once your dominant hand reaches the fingertips, drop it straight down. This smooth motion combines the concepts of a week and its end.
Sign 'weekend' to establish the timeframe, followed by 'you', 'do', and hold a WH-question facial expression with furrowed eyebrows.
Sign 'good' by moving your dominant hand from your chin down to your non-dominant hand, and then smoothly transition into the sign for 'weekend'.
Sign 'I', 'work', and then sign 'weekend' with a repeated motion, shifting slightly outward to indicate the recurring nature of 'every weekend'.
Sign 'weekend' to establish the timeframe, followed by 'you', 'do', and hold a WH-question facial expression with furrowed eyebrows.
Sign 'good' by moving your dominant hand from your chin down to your non-dominant hand, and then smoothly transition into the sign for 'weekend'.
Sign 'I', 'work', and then sign 'weekend' with a repeated motion, shifting slightly outward to indicate the recurring nature of 'every weekend'.
No, while 'weekend' is a compound of those two concepts, the sign flows together into one smooth, continuous motion. You don't need to pause between sliding across the hand and dropping down.
Always use your dominant hand to do the moving. Your non-dominant hand acts as the stationary base, representing the calendar week.
To show that something happens every weekend, you can repeat the 'weekend' sign by sliding and dropping it two or three times in a row, often moving it slightly to the side with each repetition.
