The American Sign Language Phrase Book

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the sentence EAT LATE means, "I haven't eaten yet"
    LATE AFTERNOON
    LATER—after a while
    LAW
    lawyer—combination of LAW and AGENT
    LEARN
    LEFT—opposite of right
    LEFT TURN
    LEGISLATURE
    LEMON
    LEND—borrow
    LESBIAN
    LESS
    LESS THAN
    LESSON—course, chapter
    LET'S SEE—used in expressions such as "We'll see about that"
    LETTUCE
    lexicalized fingerspelling
    liberate (SAVE)
    LIBRARY
    LICENSE
    LIE DOWN
    light, sight, and space
    LIGHT FLASH
    LIGHTNING
    LIKE
    LIKE—to be attracted to, enjoy
    line of work (MAJOR)
    LION
    LIPREAD—Schools for deaf children that do not use any sign language in their instructional program are called "oral" schools. This sign is used to refer to these schools. A school for hearing children is signed SPEAK SCHOOL. The LIPREAD sign also means "speech" and "to read lips"
    LITTLE BIT—not much
    LIVE—life; address
    LOAF
    LOBSTER
    LONG—used only in the sense of long span of something that endures or lasts for a long time
    LONG AGO
    LOOK—watch; stare
    look like (FACE)
    LORD
    LOSE
    LOUSY—awful, terrible, rotten, crummy
    LOVE
    lovely (PRETTY)
    LUGGAGE—baggage; suitcase
    lunch—combination of EAT and NOON
    LUTHERAN
    MAGAZINE—journal
    magnificent (WONDERFUL)
    MAJOR—course of study in school; line of work; specialty
    MAN
    manage (CONTROL)
    manual alphabet
    Manually Coded English (MCEs)
    MANY—a lot of
    MARRY
    MASS
    MATH
    may (CAN)
    may not (CAN'T)
    MAYBE
    MCEs (Manually Coded English)
    ME/I
    MEAN—intended, intention, meaning
    MEAT
    MEDICINE
    MEDIUM (glass)
    MEET—encounter another person
    MELON
    MELT—disappear, go away
    MEMORIZE
    Merry Christmas
    merry (HAPPY)
    MESSAGE/COMMENT
    MEXICO—Mexican
    MILK
    MILWAUKEE
    MINUTE
    MISSIONARY
    MISTAKE
    MIX
    MOBILE PHONE—cell phone
    modify (CHANGE)
    MONDAY
    MONEY
    money
    MONKEY
    MONTH
    MONTHLY
    MORE THAN
    MORMON
    MORNING
    MOST
    MOTHER
    motion pictures (MOVIE)
    MOUNTAIN
    MOUSE
    MOVIE—cinema, film, motion pictures
    MSN
    MUCH
    MULE
    MUSEUM
    MUSIC—sing, song
    MUSLIM/ISLAM
    MUST— SM : necessary, have to, go to, obligated to. The idea is that one has no choice
    MUST— DM : should, ought to; the idea here is that it would be a good idea, but that it is not obligatory. The double movement may also mean "need"
    MUST NEED
    MY—mine
    MYSELF
    NAME
    names
    NEAR
    NEAR FUTURE
    NEED
    negation
    negative questions
    NEPHEW
    NEVER
    NEW
    NEW ORLEANS
    NEW YORK
    NEWSPAPER
    NEXT WEEK—a week from now
    NEXT YEAR
    NICE— SM :
    NICE— DM : clean, neat
    NIECE
    NIGHT—evening
    no
    no one (NONE)
    NONE—not any; nothing; no one
    NOON
    NORWAY—Norwegian
    NOT—don't; didn't
    not allowed (PROHIBIT)
    not any (NONE)
    not much (LITTLE BIT)
    nothing (NONE)
    NOTIFY—inform
    NOW
    NOW—at present
    NOW—at present, present, presently
    NUMBER
    numbers
    NUT
    OBEY
    objective (AIM)
    objects (COMPLAIN)
    ocean (WATER, WAVE [1], WAVE [2], WAVE [3])
    ODD—strange
    offend, offensive (DISGUST)
    oily (GREASE)
    OK (FINE)
    OLD—age
    Olympics (CHAIN)
    ON
    ONE HOUR
    ONION
    ONLY—single, alone. In addition to this meaning, the ONLY sign means "some" in expressions such as "someone," "someday," "something," and "somehow," either in combination with signs ONE, DAY, THING, and HOW, or all by itself. In the sentence, "I had some feeling that everything was not right," the ONLY sign is used for the idea of "some"
    OPEN
    OPEN BOOK
    OPEN DOOR
    OPEN WINDOW
    OPERATE
    OPINION
    opposed to (AGAINST)
    OPPOSITE—enemy, opponents
    ORAL THERMOMETER
    ORANGE
    ORDER
    OREGON
    OUR
    OURSELVES
    OUT
    over again (AGAIN)
    overshoes (GALOSHES)
    OWE—debt
    own (HAVE)
    PACK BAGS
    paddle (CANOE)
    pagers
    PAIN
    PANTS
    PAPER
    pardon (EXCUSE)
    PARENTS
    park (VEHICLE)
    PARTNER
    PASS
    PAST—This sign is often interchangeable with the FINISH sign to indicate than action is in the past. The sentence MOVIE SEE PAST means "I've seen this movie before," which is essentially the same as, "I've already seen the movie"
    past, present, and

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