1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack

American Sign Language Alternative forms shifted toward the dominant side to indicate that the non-first-person members are literally or figuratively on the dominant side of the signer 1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@Chest-FingerBack shifted toward the nondominant side to indicate that the non-first-person members are literally or figuratively on the nondominant side of the signer 1^o-f@Chest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack Etymology From the typical ASL method of referring to a group by pointing to it with a sweeping motion. Production one 1^o-f IpsiChest FingerBack ASL 1@IpsiChest-FingerBack.jpg Move the hand in a horizontal arc forward then to the nondominant side. 1^o-f ContraChest FingerBack ASL 1@ContraChest-FingerBack.jpg Hold the hand still briefly. To indicate that the non-first-person members of the group are literally or figuratively located somewhere, the signer may lean his or her body and shift the contact point toward that location. 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-1LUH Side 75px|right 75px|rightInOut-ReturnClose to BodyGUH Sideof Chest Pronoun pronoun ASL 1@ContraChest-FingerBack.jpg US WE PRO-PL-1 PRO-PL→1 we; us Usage notes This sign is used when the number of people in the group is large or unknown. For small groups (depending on the signer, groups sized two through five or two through nine, including the signer), specific signs like ase K@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp Nod the two of us and ase 3@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the three of us are typically used instead. Related terms ase FlatB@IpsiChest-RadialBack RoundHoriz FlatB@ContraChest-UlnarBack our ase OpenA@IpsiChest-TipHandBack RoundHoriz OpenA@ContraChest-TipHandBack ourselves ase A@IpsiChest-RadialBack RoundHoriz A@ContraChest-RadialBack we only ase 1^o-f@Sternum-FingerBack me ase 1@Left1Chesthigh-FingerForward 1@Right1Chesthigh-FingerForward them, you all See also ase K@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp Nod the two of us ase 3@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the three of us ase 4@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the four of us ase 5@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the five of us ase 6@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the six of us ase 7@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the seven of us ase 8@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the eight of us ase 9@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz the nine of us