ASL University ►


American Sign Language: "put"


The sign for "put" has a lot of variations depending on what you mean. 

The general sign for put uses what I call "flattened AND" hands.  Or "flattened O" hands.  The pad of your thumb is pressed up against the underside of the fingers as if you were holding onto a piece of cardboard and "putting" it somewhere.


PUT:


 



"Put things away."  Grab the items and quickly put them where they go.


 



"Put in a slot"  "Put on a certain shelf"

 



"Put in a order in a file"  Pack

 



"Sort out"

 



"Put up with." Uses the sign for "patience" while using a bit of a "suffering" type of facial expression.

PATIENCE:

 


Also see:  MOVE


Also see:  THROW



Want to help support ASL University?  It's easy DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore."

Want even more ASL resources?  Visit the "ASL Training Center!"  (Subscription Extension of ASLU)   CHECK IT OUT >


Bandwidth slow?  Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access)   VISIT >

 


You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™
Lifeprint.com  ©  Dr. William Vicars

back.gif (1674 bytes)