American Sign Language: "take" The right sign for "take" depends on your meaning. If you mean "take" as in "take a class" then you are going to use the version that also means "adopt" as in "We want to adopt a baby" and/or "evaporate" as in, "The sun "evaporated" all the water. TAKE: TAKE-up / adopt / evaporate / soak-up: Sample sentence: "Where are you taking sign?" Okay, let's review this very important version of "take." * It uses two hands * It starts using palm-down, loose, "5-hands" * It changes to "S" hands Remember, this sign means things like: - to take a class - to adopt a method or a child - to evaporate - It doesn’t mean to “take from” TAKE-up: If you mean "take" as in, "I took the candy from the baby" you would use a grabbing movement. TAKE-from: If you mean "take" as in, "I take aspirin daily," then hold an imaginary pill between your middle finger and your thumb and "pop" it into your mouth. You can also hold the pill between your index finger and your thumb. TAKE-a-pill: Also see: "Take it easy" Also see: "TAKE-TURNS" 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: "take"

The right sign for "take" depends on your meaning.

If you mean "take" as in "take a class" then you are going to use the version that also means "adopt" as in "We want to adopt a baby" and/or "evaporate" as in, "The sun "evaporated" all the water.

TAKE: TAKE-up / adopt / evaporate / soak-up:

Sample sentence: "Where are you taking sign?"

Okay, let's review this very important version of "take."

* It uses two hands
* It starts using palm-down, loose, "5-hands"
* It changes to "S" hands

Remember, this sign means things like:
- to take a class
- to adopt a method or a child
- to evaporate
- It doesn’t mean to “take from”

TAKE-up:

If you mean "take" as in, "I took the candy from the baby" you would use a grabbing movement.

TAKE-from:

If you mean "take" as in, "I take aspirin daily," then hold an imaginary pill between your middle finger and your thumb and "pop" it into your mouth. You can also hold the pill between your index finger and your thumb.

TAKE-a-pill:

Also see: "Take it easy"

Also see: "TAKE-TURNS"

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 >