American Sign Language: "cover" The right sign for "cover" depends on what you are covering. If you are at a restaurant and want to pay for your ASL instructor's meal as in "I'll cover this" then the sign you want to use is "PAY." If you are covering a jar then your non-dominant hand is going to need to be a "C" handshape (to represent the jar) and your dominant hand can be a flat hand. If you are trying to tell someone to "cover their mouth when they cough" you would sign HAPPEN YOU COUGH and then mime for them the act of coughing into the crook of their elbow. If you are talking about covering a bowl of food, you might want to mime the act of stretching and smoothing plastic wrap onto a bowl. If you are discussing covering up a dead body after last night's zombie attack then you might want to mime pulling a blanket over the body. General sign for COVER: You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars 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 >

American Sign Language: "cover"

The right sign for "cover" depends on what you are covering. If you are at a restaurant and want to pay for your ASL instructor's meal as in "I'll cover this" then the sign you want to use is "PAY." If you are covering a jar then your non-dominant hand is going to need to be a "C" handshape (to represent the jar) and your dominant hand can be a flat hand. If you are trying to tell someone to "cover their mouth when they cough" you would sign HAPPEN YOU COUGH and then mime for them the act of coughing into the crook of their elbow. If you are talking about covering a bowl of food, you might want to mime the act of stretching and smoothing plastic wrap onto a bowl. If you are discussing covering up a dead body after last night's zombie attack then you might want to mime pulling a blanket over the body.

General sign for COVER:

You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™
ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

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 >