PICTURE:
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The sign for "picture" in ASL moves a "C" handshape from near your cheek to the palm of the non-dominant hand.
PICTURE:
Memory aid: Think of taking an image from the eye and placing it on film. This concept becomes even more obvious when you take a look at the older version of the sign:
PICTURE (older version)
Here is a verb form of "picture." TAKE A PICTURE:
Use a single click of the shutter, (down and up).
Note: "take-PICTURE" + PERSON = photographer
CAMERA (noun form)
Use a double click:
Notes:
PICTURE (version):
image, PICTURE, photo, photograph, ("C" handshape thumb-side to palm version):
PICTURE-[casual-version]:
Notes:
Where this sign is taught:
Taught in Lesson 15.Reviewed in lessons: 21, 33
Practice sentences using this sign:
PICTURE YOUR FAMILY YOU HAVE? (Do you have a picture of your family?)OLD BOY-FRIEND, [or girlfriend], PICTURE YOU KEEP? (Do you keep pictures of your old boyfriends? [or girlfriends])
PAST-[former] BOY-FRIEND / GIRL-FRIEND PICTURE, YOU THROW-AWAY YOU?