American Sign Language: "soft" The sign for "soft" looks a bit as if you were feeling (compressing) cotton balls in your hands. Hold out loose palm-up claw hands. Move them down an inch or two (but keep the movement in the wrist and not in the elbows) as you change them from "loose claw hands" to flattened-(palm_up)-"O"-hands. Do the movement twice. Use a neutral or pleasant facial expression. SOFT: Note: If you do the sign "soft" with a negative or "ew" facial expression it can mean "humid," "damp," or "wet" (as in "The baby is wet.") 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: "soft"

The sign for "soft" looks a bit as if you were feeling (compressing) cotton balls in your hands. Hold out loose palm-up claw hands. Move them down an inch or two (but keep the movement in the wrist and not in the elbows) as you change them from "loose claw hands" to flattened-(palm_up)-"O"-hands. Do the movement twice. Use a neutral or pleasant facial expression.

SOFT:

Note:
If you do the sign "soft" with a negative or "ew" facial expression it can mean "humid," "damp," or "wet" (as in "The baby is wet.")

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 >

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