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Greetings Vocabulary

Vocabulary 1:

12)
ThSL
facial expression

meet

strong hand
weak hand
Translation
 
" meet "

Explanation: The manual sign [meet] is used for human to human only. This sign is often misused for non-human object to mean "find",e.g., "find a briefcase", etc. The sign that should be used for non-human object,e.g., a thing is [find]. Also, the hand location is often misplaced. From the pictures above,one hand is located on the right of the signer and the other on his left, and both hands move towards each other.This is to signify that the person on the right amd the one on the left meet each other.

Vocabulary 2:

13)
ThSL
facial expression
 
strong hand
 
weak hand
teach
Translation
 
" teach "

Vocabulary 3:

14)
ThSL
facial expression
frowning + saying "aah"
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strong hand
Index you
weak hand
----------
Translation
 
" Hey! you "

 

Vocabulary 4:

15)
ThSL
facial expression
 
strong hand
 
weak hand
sorry
Translation
 
" sorry "

Vocabulary 5:

16)
ThSL
facial expression
 
strong hand
new
weak hand
-------
Translation
 
" a new " or " again "

 

Vocabulary 6:

17)
ThSL
facial expression
 
strong hand
come CL
Location
weak hand
-------
Translation
 
" You come here "

Vocabulary 7:

18)
ThSL
facial expression

look a watch tworrying + saying " oh"

strong hand
handwatch handwatch hold
weak hand
---------------- Index referent
Translation
 
"Oh! (It's) time to go"