FLY: The
American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "fly / flapping"
BIRD-in-flight
Or FLYING-bird:
Once you have established that you are talking about a bird, you could then
show that bird in flight.
Note: If you want to talk about
how a bird is flying, you can flap
your arms/hands as if you had wings to show what kind of wing strokes the
bird is making.
For a small bird you would flap just
your hands or for a very small bird you could "flap" the index and middle fingers of your hands (while making a
whistling facial expression). For a large bird or a pterodactyl you
would extend your arms and use a large flapping motion.
For a bird with a broken wing you could just flap one arm or hand.
For a penguin you'd hold your hands down near your hips, (touching your
wrists to your hips and pointing your fingertips out to the side) then do a
side to side rocking movement in your torso to represent the waddling of a
penguin.
Sample sentence: every-YEAR AUTUMN-[fall] BIRD FLY-[flap-wings] SOUTH.
Or you can show the concept of FLY with gliding bird:
If you want to show the concept of FLY as in flapping wings, you can mimic the movement:
Or the general concept of FLY:
Use the "I love you" handshape to represent an airplane flying through the air. This sign is a noun/verb pair. Note: You might want to angle your palm a bit more downward than I'm doing here.
Sample sentence: YOU FLY BEFORE YOU?
Notes:
Also see: FLY
Also see: FLY-insect
Also see: BIRD
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