"arizona" ASL American Sign Language

American Sign Language: "Arizona" To do the sign for "Arizona," touch the thumb of your dominant "A" hand to one side and then the other side of the chin. Since I'm right handed I start on the right side of my chin. Note: You don't have to touch the chin. You can just put the hand up close to each side of the chin. Also, I tend to do a slight downward movement on each side of the chin. ARIZONA: Many people do the sign Arizona by using two downward strokes to either side of the chin. The faster a person is signing, the less likely you'll see such large movements in this sign. Since Byron is "modeling" the sign in isolation he is doing it with big, careful movements. If he were to use ARIZONA in a sentence while signing quickly, the movement would be much smaller. ARIZONA: Model: Byron Cantrell (Native Deaf, Deaf School/Georgia, Deaf wife, Deaf kids, long-time ASL instructor.) (Byron Cantrell) Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk." Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT > Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language online at American Sign Language University ™ hosted by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "Arizona"

To do the sign for "Arizona," touch the thumb of your dominant "A" hand to one side and then the other side of the chin. Since I'm right handed I start on the right side of my chin. Note: You don't have to touch the chin. You can just put the hand up close to each side of the chin. Also, I tend to do a slight downward movement on each side of the chin.

ARIZONA:

Many people do the sign Arizona by using two downward strokes to either side of the chin.
The faster a person is signing, the less likely you'll see such large movements in this sign. Since Byron is "modeling" the sign in isolation he is doing it with big, careful movements. If he were to use ARIZONA in a sentence while signing quickly, the movement would be much smaller.

ARIZONA:

Model: Byron Cantrell (Native Deaf, Deaf School/Georgia, Deaf wife, Deaf kids, long-time ASL instructor.)

(Byron Cantrell)

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk."

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT >

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >