American Sign Language: "seed" or "to plant" The concept of a "seed" is generally fingerspelled S-E-E-D. The plural form of the concept, "seeds" is expressed by rubbing your fingers and thumb together as if your were sprinkling seeds onto the ground. You could sign "seeds" and then hold up a modified "G" hand (as if showing an individual seed) to mean "seed." Suppose you needed a sign for "planting" or I'm going to "plant" my garden this weekend? You could use the sign below. Make sure to "rub your fingers and thumb together" as you move the hand forward about a foot. If you don't move the hand forward and you rub the fingers and thumb together a couple times--it can mean "seeds." SEEDS = "planting seeds" (verb) If you use a single, strong, forward movement in which the thumb slides across the fingers once and ends up "extended" and pointing down a bit that would mean "planted." See: SPRING Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is available now for just 99 cents! GET IT HERE! NEW! Online "ASL Training Center!" (Premium Subscription Version of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT Also available: "ASLUniversity.com" (a mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT NOW Want to help support Lifeprint / ASLU? It's easy! You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "seed" or "to plant"

The concept of a "seed" is generally fingerspelled S-E-E-D.

The plural form of the concept, "seeds" is expressed by rubbing your fingers and thumb together as if your were sprinkling seeds onto the ground. You could sign "seeds" and then hold up a modified "G" hand (as if showing an individual seed) to mean "seed."

Suppose you needed a sign for "planting" or I'm going to "plant" my garden this weekend? You could use the sign below. Make sure to "rub your fingers and thumb together" as you move the hand forward about a foot. If you don't move the hand forward and you rub the fingers and thumb together a couple times--it can mean "seeds."

SEEDS = "planting seeds" (verb)

If you use a single, strong, forward movement in which the thumb slides across the fingers once and ends up "extended" and pointing down a bit that would mean "planted."

See: SPRING

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is available now for just 99 cents! GET IT HERE!

NEW! Online "ASL Training Center!" (Premium Subscription Version of ASLU) ** CHECK IT OUT **

Also available: "ASLUniversity.com" (a mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) ** VISIT NOW **

Want to help support Lifeprint / ASLU? It's easy!