The sign for "year" is made by forming both hands
into the letter "S." If you are right handed, rotate your right hand
completely around the left. The right hand should come to rest on top of the
left.
YEAR:
Memory aid: Think of the earth circling the sun in one
year's time.
"How many years have you lived here?"
Note: There is a "casual" way of
doing the "YEAR" sign that holds the right hand (if you are right handed) above the left hand and does a very quick, small
rotating movement. The difference is in the "casual version: the right hand stays above the left hand and doesn't actually circle
the left hand. It comes to rest upon the top of the left hand.
YEAR:
