American Sign Language: "succeed" In the sign "succeed" there is a bit of movement in the wrist. You make two upward arcs in the air. The movement in "succeed" is sort of like drawing a cursive "w" in the air with the tip of each index finger. SUCCESS or SUCCEED: Sample sentence: Do all rockets succeed? There is a version of "SUCCEED" that means "Finally! At last! Eureka! This sign is known as "Pah!" The reason why is that when doing this sign, you must use a mouth movement that looks like you are saying "Pah!" In addition to the "pah" mouth movement, you also only do PAH! Notes: If you do the sign SUCCEED but reverse the direction of the double rolling movement of the arcs you change the meaning of the sign from "succeed" to instead mean "famous." See: FAMOUS 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: "succeed"

In the sign "succeed" there is a bit of movement in the wrist. You make two upward arcs in the air. The movement in "succeed" is sort of like drawing a cursive "w" in the air with the tip of each index finger.

SUCCESS or SUCCEED:

Sample sentence: Do all rockets succeed?

There is a version of "SUCCEED" that means "Finally! At last! Eureka!

This sign is known as "Pah!" The reason why is that when doing this sign, you must use a mouth movement that looks like you are saying "Pah!" In addition to the "pah" mouth movement, you also only do

PAH!

Notes:
If you do the sign SUCCEED but reverse the direction of the double rolling movement of the arcs you change the meaning of the sign from "succeed" to instead mean "famous."

See: FAMOUS

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 >