American Sign Language: "guess" The sign for "guess" starts with a splayed 5-hand to the side/front of the head that moves across/in-front-of your face and ends up in an "S"-handshape. GUESS: Now, if you are thinking, "Wait, the sign for 'guess' looks a lot like one of the versions of the sign for 'MISS,'" -- you are correct. Those two signs (guess and miss) are done almost the same. The specific meaning is going to rely heavily on context (the rest of your sentence and the situation) and your facial expression. MISS-(fail to hit, reach, catch, meet, or otherwise make contact with) Note: The English concept of "miss" has other meanings and another sign variation. For the version of "miss" that means the emotion of missing someone see: MISS 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: "guess"

The sign for "guess" starts with a splayed 5-hand to the side/front of the head that moves across/in-front-of your face and ends up in an "S"-handshape.

GUESS:

Now, if you are thinking, "Wait, the sign for 'guess' looks a lot like one of the versions of the sign for 'MISS,'" -- you are correct.

Those two signs (guess and miss) are done almost the same. The specific meaning is going to rely heavily on context (the rest of your sentence and the situation) and your facial expression.

MISS-(fail to hit, reach, catch, meet, or otherwise make contact with)

Note:
The English concept of "miss" has other meanings and another sign variation. For the version of "miss" that means the emotion of missing someone see: MISS

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 >