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BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack BentB@Ulnar-PalmUp-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp
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American Sign Language
Production
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BentB BackFinger PalmBack BentB CenterChesthigh PalmBack ASL BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack.jpg
Move both hands to the following posture by rotating the finger tips upward and the thumbs away from each other.
a relaxed version of Ulnar PalmUp a relaxed version of CenterChesthigh PalmUp ASL BentB@Ulnar-PalmUp-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp.jpg
Hold both hands briefly in this posture.
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| colspan=2 | move str
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| colspan=2 | B^u BKFI c BKFI BK VP BA MP
| colspan=2 | B~u UL c UL BK HP TI VP
| colspan=1 | hold
| colspan=2 | move str
| colspan=1 | hold
| colspan=2 | B^u c m1CH BK VP BA MP
| colspan=2 | B~u c m1CH BK HP TI VP
B⊤B⊤ ɑ
GUH Hand LUH Hand LUH Move GUH Move GUH Hand LUH HandGUH Palm LUH Palm Second Second GUH Palm LUH Palm GUH Position LUH Separation Third Thirdbent-Bbent-BParallelRotatebent-Bbent-B 75px|right 75px|rightInInUpUpTouching onLUH Side
Adverb
adv ASL BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack OpenC@Ulnar-PalmUp-OpenC@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp.png HOW
ase interrogative how
ase rhetorical how; by; with; using; used to introduce a relative clause that describes the manner of the action of the main clause
1@Sternum-FingerBack 1@SideChesthigh-TipFingerUp-1@SideChesthigh-TipFingerUp 1@NearSideChesthigh-TipFingerBack-1@NearSideChesthigh-TipFingerBack C@NearThumb-TipUp-C@NearCenterChesthigh-TipUp C@NearUlnar-PalmBack-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack BentB@Ulnar-PalmUp-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp B@Side-PalmForward H@Side-PalmForward S@Side-PalmForward
(ASL gloss) ME COME CLASS HOW? B-U-S
“I come to class by bus.”
Usage notes
interrogative “how?” In this sense, the sign usually appears at the beginning of a sentence, with the eyebrows furrowed for the duration of the question.
rhetorical “how” In this sense, the sign usually appears at the beginning of the relative clause, with the eyebrows are raised only during this sign. The rest of the clause then either is unmarked with regard to non-manual signals or is marked by a slow, repeating head nod.
Derived terms
ase BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack C@Ulnar-PalmUp-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp 1@CenterChesthigh-TipFingerForward How are you?