American Sign Language: "save" The right sign for "save" varies according to your sentence and your meaning. If you mean "save" as in "storage," "keep," or preserve then use this version. You will see it done with either a single or a double movement. The single movement tends to function as a verb ("Store up" one movement vs "storage" two movements). The fingers of the dominant "V" hand slap the back of the non-dominant fist. SAVE / PRESERVE / STORE-(storage) (version 1) Here is a slight tweak on that sign. Both ways are popular. SAVE / PRESERVE / STORE-(storage) (version 2) SAVE This sign is part of a group of signs that can be initialized to modify their meanings. By putting an "S" on the sign it is interpreted as "save." You could also use the location, movement, and palm orientation with varying handshapes (initials) to mean: Free, Liberal, and/or Independent. You could add the "AGENT / person" suffix to this sign to mean "SAVIOR." 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: "save"

The right sign for "save" varies according to your sentence and your meaning.

If you mean "save" as in "storage," "keep," or preserve then use this version.
You will see it done with either a single or a double movement. The single movement tends to function as a verb ("Store up" one movement vs "storage" two movements). The fingers of the dominant "V" hand slap the back of the non-dominant fist.

SAVE / PRESERVE / STORE-(storage) (version 1)

Here is a slight tweak on that sign.
Both ways are popular.
SAVE / PRESERVE / STORE-(storage) (version 2)

SAVE
This sign is part of a group of signs that can be initialized to modify their meanings. By putting an "S" on the sign it is interpreted as "save." You could also use the location, movement, and palm orientation with varying handshapes (initials) to mean: Free, Liberal, and/or Independent.
You could add the "AGENT / person" suffix to this sign to mean "SAVIOR."

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 >