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BY: Makeda Khandan

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Name: Makeda Khandan

Student ID: 00031126

Course CRN: 14962

Course: Sign Language

Course Code: Comm 124

Lecturer: Mr. John F County

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 Table of Contents

Acknowledgement 4

Lesson 1 5-6

Lesson 8-14

Lesson 3 15-17

Lesson 4 18-22

Lesson 5 23-26

Lesson 6 27-28

Lesson 7 29-31

Lesson 8 32-33

Lesson 9 34

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 Acknowledgement

First of all I would like to thanks to god for giving me the strength and creativity to successfully

complete this project. Secondly, special thanks to my wonderful, energetic and funny sign

language lecturer Mr. John County (Tall C) for providing me with the information and guiding

me through the completion of this port folio. Also thanks to him for sharing his knowledge of

this wonderful language to us all. Without him it would not have been a reality. May the lord

bless you richly and may you continue to be as wonderful as u are.

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Lesson 1

THE ALPHABET

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 NUMBERS
(0-10)

0 Form an “O” with all fingers.

1 Close hand while pointing index finger upright.

2 Close hand while holding index and middle finger apart, upright to form “V”.

3 Close hand while extending thumb, index and middle fingers outwards.

4 Open hand and place thumb at the bottom of the little finger, holding fingers apart.

5 Open hand, holding all fingers apart.

6 Place thumb on tip of little finger while keeping index, middle and ring finger extended.

7 Place thumb on tip of ring finger while keeping index, middle and little finger extended.

8 Place thumb on tip of middle finger while keeping index, ring and little finger extended.

9 Place thumb on tip of index finger while keeping middle, ring and little finger extended.

10 Form a fist with hand and flick thumb outward, leaving it extended.

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Signs for numbers from 1- 10

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 LESSON 2

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Head

He Him His
She Her

Shoulder
We Us Our

Chest

I Me/Mine Self/myself

Hand
This (point index)
This/That (Y in hand)
These/Those (rotate Y in hand)

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Waist/Abdomen

They Them Their

Away from the body

You Your Someone

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 THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

(Clockwise Rotation)

Sunday Monday Tuesday

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR

January February March April

May June July August

September October November December

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VOCABULARY

The is are in day

Weeks months year like (2 signs) of
Please slowly male female/girl
Yes no

FINGER SPELLING

AR ALL ILL AN AT
Bar Ball Bill Ban Bat
Car Call Fill Can Cat
Far Fall Hill Fan Fat
Mall Kill Man Hat
Man Tall Mill Pan Mat
Pan Wall Pill Ran Pat
Ran Stall Till Sand Rat
San Shall Will Hand Sat
Van Lall Still Land Vat

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 Prayer

Heavenly Father

Hear our prayer

Keep us in thy (your)
(Love with T) Tender care

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 Masculine gender is above the ear

 Female gender is below the ear

 Equal to the ear is woman gender

 He with the ‘e’ is by the lips

 Small finger handsome around the face

 My & mine is the same sign (hands on the chest)

 Now day is the same as today (both ‘y’)

 May starts with the ‘m’ but ends with the ‘y’

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 LESSON 3
VERBS
To be- be am is are
Past tense- was were
Future tense- shall will (whole hand or “L”)

Endings- ing ed d ion (S↓↓) person ↓↓

To have- has have had

Examples
Stand Sit Walk Run Fall Climb Build
Jump Kneel Eat Drink Talk Laugh
Cry Sing Kick Break Give Wait
See Look Look for /search Excuse

Do Try Take (grab) Get/receive (to you)

Want Hide Help/aid/assist Make
Serve Bring Carry Cover Sorry Must
Change Use Kill/murder Maybe/perhaps
Choose Meet Put Move Don’t/not
True Lie Fail Fall

Keep Careful ↓↓ Supervise

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EXERCISE
I fell on Sunday.
Look for him.
She walks with me.
Maybe broke it.
Help me please.
Excuse us.
I waited for you.
Don’t break it.
I made it myself.
Yours is better.
Are you using it?
This is mine.
These are ours
They waited until Sunday.
We help them on Tuesdays.
Are you waiting for me?
It broke in November.
*Someone must look for them.
*Did you have to wait for him?
*He has five of them.
*They have nine of these.
*Thank you for waiting.
*You will fall if you run.
*Have you climbed it?
*Did you use it on Wednesday?
*This afternoon our class will finish before 5pm.

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 Song
All things bright and beautiful

All creatures great and small

All things wise and wonderful

The lord god made them all

Each little flower that opens

Each little bird that sings

He made their glowing colours

He made their tiny wings

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 LESSON 4
THE FAMILY

Male Female

Man Woman

Fine

Gentleman Lady

Baby Girl

Father Mother

Grandfather Grand mother

Baby

Son Daughter

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 Same

Brother Sister

Wedding

Marry

Husband Wife

Uncle Aunt

Nephew Niece

*Child Children Divorce Twins (T-chin)

Engage (E→) Couple (two)

In-law “L” in palm) Adult Cousin

Parents Stepfather Stepmother (twist “L” inward)

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QUESTION WORDS
Who? What? Where? How?

Why? When? Which?

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COLOURS
Lips- Red Pink Orange (squeeze)

Shake- Blue Green Yellow Purple

Face- Tan Brown Black (eye brow, index finger)

Chest- White (“and” hand →)

Ear- Gold Silver

*Grey/cream etc fingerspell

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 Song
In my family

In my family

God gave me a...........

For my family for my family

Thank you, thank you lord

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 Lesson 5

FOODS AND RELATED WORDS

Food/Eat Hungry Thirsty Drink
*Satisfy Swallow Feed Greedy
*Fry/Cook Boil Bake/Oven BBQ
Grill Broil Steam
*Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert (d.d)

BREAKFAST

*Bread Roti Bake Butter Cheese

Jelly/Jam Sausage Egg Bacon
Mayonnaise Hamburger Onion Ketchup
Toast Sandwich

Tea- Coffee- Chocolate Milk (Squeeze) Sugar/Sweet

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LUNCH

*Meat- Chicken Fish Duck Pork

Goat (s-v) Beef Lamb Turkey
Gravy/Oil *Pizza
*Peas/Beans Macaroni pie Calalloo
Ground provision (fingerspell) *Rice Roti

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SALAD

Vegetable Fruit Grape Pineapple

Lemon (L from lips) Orange (squeeze) S by mouth
Banana Apple Coconut
Cucumber Carrot Lettuce
Cabbage (C or A) Tomato (red & slice index)
Potato (n/s) Melongene/bigan/egg plant
Pumpkin/melon (flick middle finger back of “s” hand)

TASTE

Salt Pepper Sour/butter

Delicious/tasty Sweet/sugar

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DESSERT

Soup Ice-cream Nuts Cake

Biscuit/cookie Chewing gum
Pop corn Cnady (“u” on chin)
Wine Bear Rum

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 Lesson 6

Beautiful Some Different

Kind Fine Clean
Dirty New Strong ↓ S ↑
Weak Hard Soft
Hot Cold Warm
Wet Dry Danger
True Honest/truth Lie
Special Lazy Secret

QUALITY
And All No/none O→O
Nothing Many/much More
Full Enough Most
Both Small Large
Very Equal About
Wide

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ANIMALS

Dog Cat Horse Cow (Y)

Pig Bird Fish Rabbit

Donkey/mule Sheep Lamb

Goat Lion Tiger Rat

Squirrel Chicken Bird/rooster Owl

Turtle Bugs/ants Frog (s-v) Monkey

Monkey Elephant Alligator Mosquito

Beer Snake Beer Butterfly

Fly Worm Lizzard Spider

Insect Kangaroo Bee Tail

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 Lesson 7

OPPOSITE

Ask/Answer In/Out
Good/Bad Strong/Weak
Open/Close On/Off
Fast/Slow With/Without
Long/Short Tall/Short
Start/Stop Come/Go
Lose/Find First/Last
Easy/Difficult Right/Left
Right/Wrong Before/After
Can/Cannot Yes/No
East/West Hard/Soft
North/South Hot/Cold
Fat/Thin Small/Big
Old/New/Young Day/Night
Light/Dark Always/Never

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BODY, MEDICINE, HEALTH

Hospital Breast Cough

Patient Bones Cold/Handkerchief
Ambulance Deaf Heart
Pain Hearing-aid Heartbeat
Sweat Glasses Heart attack
Upset Blind Breathe
Vomit See/Vision/Sight Rest
Dizzy Touch Wake-up
Faint Taste Die
Temperature Smell Pale
Infirmary Sleep Dentist
Doctor Examination Surgery
Injection Blood/Hemorrhage Nervous
Nurse Medical Vein
Tablet Head Ear
Mouth Nose Face
Eye Lips Teeth
Tongue Hands Feet
Tired Sore Sick/Ill

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Well Crippled Old
Young Mumps Period/Menstruation
Measles Pregnant Abortion
Finger Spell- X-rays, Cancer, Mentally Retarded, Cerebral Palsy, Handicapped, Multiple
Sclerosis

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 Lesson 8
EDUCATION

School Colledge University

Institution Teach/teacher Learn
Study Students Practice –A
Training Library Read Write
C←Paragraph Chapter Course Lesson
License Certificate Diploma/degree O-O
Dictionary Programme Examination (questions coming at you)
Graduate/graduation Work shop (W.S)

HOME

Dormitory Toilet Drawer-(pull both hands toward you)

Home Room Kitchen Wash dishes

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Window Door Floor Key
Knife Fork Napkins Spoon
Plate Cup Table Shower
Chair Bed Wash clothes Toothbrush
Mirror Bathroom Bathe Soap
Shoes Shampoo Socks Towel
Bedroom Drapes Ironing Fridge
Blanket Shave Candle Washing machine
Sewing machine Dye Furniture

MICELLANEOUS

People Person Individual Friend Neighbour

Police Thief/robber Soldier Army War

King Queen Principal Work Camera

Money Rich Poor Dollars Save

Buy (sell, store, sale) → one sign Pay (Cost, price, tax) →one sign

*Class Organisation Community Team Group

Department Society *Way Road Path

Street Highway River

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