To signing a phrase “What’s wrong?” Using your dominant hand into “Y” handshape and placing the fingers on your chin a couple of times similar to sign “wrong”. Your eyebrows would be lower when you asking “what’s wrong” You could add one or both hands for signing “what” in an opening flat handshape.
Sign 'you', 'look', and 'upset', then transition into the 'Y' handshape tapping your chin twice while deeply furrowing your eyebrows to ask the question.
Sign 'car', then use your dominant 'Y' hand on your chin with lowered eyebrows to ask what is wrong with it. You can add the open flat hands for 'what' for emphasis.
Sign 'please' and 'tell-me', then sign 'what's wrong' by tapping your chin with the 'Y' handshape, making sure to keep your eyebrows lowered to indicate the inquiry.
Sign 'you', 'look', and 'upset', then transition into the 'Y' handshape tapping your chin twice while deeply furrowing your eyebrows to ask the question.
Sign 'car', then use your dominant 'Y' hand on your chin with lowered eyebrows to ask what is wrong with it. You can add the open flat hands for 'what' for emphasis.
Sign 'please' and 'tell-me', then sign 'what's wrong' by tapping your chin with the 'Y' handshape, making sure to keep your eyebrows lowered to indicate the inquiry.
No, you don't have to! In ASL, simply signing 'wrong' while lowering your eyebrows automatically translates to 'what's wrong?'. However, you can optionally add the open flat hands for 'what' if you want to add emphasis.
In ASL, facial expressions act as grammar. Lowered or furrowed eyebrows are the grammatical marker for 'Wh-' questions, which include who, what, where, when, why, and how. Lowering them changes the statement 'wrong' into a question.
A couple of quick, gentle taps is perfect. Tapping twice is standard for this phrase, but the most important part of the sign is pairing that 'Y' handshape motion with the correct furrowed eyebrow expression.
