To sign 'wink,' bring both hands up near your eyes, forming 'C' shapes with your index fingers and thumbs. Keep one hand's fingers open to represent an open eye, while quickly pinching the index finger and thumb of your other hand together. This pinching motion perfectly mimics the action of one eye closing while the other remains open.
To sign this, you would set up the subject by signing 'he', then use the sign for 'give', and finally perform the 'wink' sign by pinching the index and thumb of one hand near your eye. Add a playful facial expression to convey the mood.
First, point to yourself to indicate 'I', then perform the 'wink' sign. While signing 'wink', make sure to look directly in the direction of the person you are referring to, and follow up by pointing at 'her' to establish exactly who received the wink.
Start by signing 'you' and 'can'. Then, to specify the left eye, perform the 'wink' sign by intentionally keeping your right hand open and pinching the index and thumb of your left hand closed. Raise your eyebrows to indicate you are asking a yes/no question.
To sign this, you would set up the subject by signing 'he', then use the sign for 'give', and finally perform the 'wink' sign by pinching the index and thumb of one hand near your eye. Add a playful facial expression to convey the mood.
First, point to yourself to indicate 'I', then perform the 'wink' sign. While signing 'wink', make sure to look directly in the direction of the person you are referring to, and follow up by pointing at 'her' to establish exactly who received the wink.
Start by signing 'you' and 'can'. Then, to specify the left eye, perform the 'wink' sign by intentionally keeping your right hand open and pinching the index and thumb of your left hand closed. Raise your eyebrows to indicate you are asking a yes/no question.
Using both hands clearly establishes the contrast between the open eye and the closed eye, which is the standard way to learn it. However, in casual, fast-paced conversation, fluent signers might just use one hand near the winking eye, or simply wink their actual eye without using their hands at all!
You should generally use the hand that corresponds to the eye you are winking or describing. If you are talking about winking your right eye, pinch your right hand closed while keeping the left hand open. If you are just talking about winking in general, use your dominant hand.
The main difference lies entirely in how many hands close during the movement! For 'wink,' only one hand pinches closed while the other hand stays open. For 'blink,' you pinch the index fingers and thumbs of both hands closed at the exact same time to show both eyes shutting.
