Sign Language Lesson 7 — Simple Sentences — Minister Destiny and Andrew

The signs

Handshape: MY: flat hand on your chest. NAME: the letter H shape — index and middle fingers together.
Place: MY at your chest; NAME in front of you.
Movement: MY: press your flat hand to your chest. NAME: tap your H fingers across the H fingers of your other hand twice. Then fingerspell your name, letter by letter.

Remember it: My name is — chest, name, then spell it out.

Handshape: LEARN: fingertips lift off your open palm up to your forehead. SIGN: both index fingers.
Place: LEARN ends at your forehead; SIGN is in front of your chest.
Movement: LEARN: scoop your fingertips off your palm and bring them to your forehead — taking knowledge in. SIGN: circle your two index fingers around each other, one forward, one back, like wheels turning.

Remember it: Learning takes knowledge into your head; signing keeps the wheels turning.

Handshape: PLEASE (chest circle) + SIGN (circling index fingers) + SLOW (hand sliding up the forearm).
Place: Chest, then in front of you, then up the arm.
Movement: Sign the three words one after another, at an easy pace — you are asking for the pace you need.

Remember it: Please sign slowly — three signs every learner should own.

Remember it: Thank you for your help — chin, then the lifting hands.

Handshape: Point at yourself (ME), then DON'T UNDERSTAND at your forehead.
Place: Chest, then forehead.
Movement: Point to yourself, touch your forehead keeping the finger down, and shake your head.

Remember it: Saying you don't understand is how understanding starts.

Handshape: Thumb, index finger, and little finger up; middle two fingers folded down.
Place: Up where they can see it, palm facing them.
Movement: Hold the hand up and give it a tiny shake. This one handshape signs three letters at once — I, L, and Y.

Remember it: One hand, three letters: I love you.

Sign all three sentences to a real person: your name, PLEASE SIGN SLOWLY, and THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
Sign I DON'T UNDERSTAND, then ask for AGAIN — the two bravest sentences a learner owns.
Finish with I LOVE YOU. Mean it.

Hands learn by doing. Slow and clear beats fast and sloppy — every time.

Word	Spelling	What the sign does	A line to remember it by
MY NAME IS …	My Name Is …	MY: press your flat hand to your chest.	My name is — chest, name, then spell it out.
I AM LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE	I Am Learning Sign Language	LEARN: scoop your fingertips off your palm and bring them to your forehead — taking knowledge in.	Learning takes knowledge into your head; signing keeps the wheels turning.
PLEASE SIGN SLOWLY	Please Sign Slowly	Sign the three words one after another, at an easy pace — you are asking for the pace you need.	Please sign slowly — three signs every learner should own.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP	Thank You For Your Help	Sign THANK YOU, then HELP.	Thank you for your help — chin, then the lifting hands.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND	I Don'T Understand	Point to yourself, touch your forehead keeping the finger down, and shake your head.	Saying you don't understand is how understanding starts.
I LOVE YOU	I Love You	Hold the hand up and give it a tiny shake.	One hand, three letters: I love you.