The sign for "future" is made by slicing a "flat hand" forward through the air. The farther you move your hand, the further into the the future you are referring. This sign can also mean such things as "WILL" as in, "Will you go to college?" (YOU FUTURE COLLEGE YOU?). You can also use a double arching movement to mean "someday" or "the distant future." If you do a single large strong movement it can mean "a long time from now."
FUTURE:
"FUTURE-[someday] YOU MAYBE BECOME NURSE?"
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Far in the future:
Use a bigger movement that goes farther.
Also see: SOMEDAY
Also see: LATER
Also see: TODAY
Notes:
Where this sign is taught:
Taught in Lesson 06.Reviewed in lessons: 08, 10, 15, 18, 19, 31, 33, 39
Practice sentences using this sign:
YOU THINK FUTURE YOU TEACH ASL? (Do you think that someday you will teach ASL?)YOU WANT GO GALLAUDET FUTURE-[someday]? (Do you want to go to Gallaudet University someday?)
FUTURE YOU WANT SAME-as-that-person? (Someday do you want to be a veterinarian like your uncle?)
PAST-[long-ago] YOURSELF LITTLE-BOY WANT GROW-UP FUTURE DO-what? (When you were a little boy what did you want to be?)
SUPPOSE WALK 4-HOUR, FUTURE-[will] TIRED YOU? (Suppose you walk for four hours, would you be tired?)
SUPPOSE DOG, YOU WATER "hose-down" YOU THINK IT STINK FUTURE-[will]?
FUTURE-[someday] YOU MAYBE BECOME NURSE? (You think" included on Lesson but not signed in video)
MILK, SUPPOSE LEAVE-[abandon] 7-HOUR, FUTURE-[will] RUIN-[spoil]?