How To Say I'm Learning In Sign Language

The sign for "learn" sort of looks like yous are trying to grab information from the folio of a book and stuff it into your head.

LEARN:

"learning"-[version]

Learn: Retentivity hint: Think of grabbing information from a book or slice of newspaper and placing it in your head.

Larn: Here is a variation. Notice how it doesn't make information technology all the style upwards to the head? Information technology still ways acquire--it is but a more casual way to sign it that takes less effort.

STUDENT (or "Learner" = "Acquire-PERSON")

A pupil asks: On the practice quiz, 1 of the questions shows a double motion of the sign for "Acquire." I checked the reply list and found that information technology ways "learning." I don't recall seeing this in any of the lessons. Can I utilize this as a general rule (with exceptions) to all verbs? That'd be cool.

Response: Many verbs can be inflected (modify the meaning of) past changing the movement. If you practise them once they are the standard verb, if you do them twice they might either go a noun (like Sit becomes CHAIR) or they become a process (for example, "teach" becomes "instruction").

In a message dated 8/21/2003 1:19:12 PM Central Daylight Time, adeletc@yahoo.com writes:

Hi! This is Adele hither. I don't know if y'all remember me... I sent you an email a couple weeks ago... Anyhow, I have a couple of questions for yous. First question: I'm having a hard time understanding the sign for LEARN... I don't accept anyone to practise these signs with, and so I'm not sure if I'm doing it
right.

Adele,
A hint for the sign "larn" is to concord your left hand out and pretend there is "information" sitting on the palm. Pick up that information with your fingertips and thumbtip and lift information technology upwardly and stick information technology in your head through your forehead.
That is the "full" version of the sign.
A more casual version is to lift the "information" off the left palm but only bring information technology partway toward the head.
Look in the mirror and see if it looks like my case in the pictures. Plus, try to find a Deaf friend to sign with.
Nib

In a bulletin dated 8/25/2003 1:15:sixteen PM Pacific Daylight Time, adeletc@yahoo.com writes:

Dear Dr. Bill,
Give thanks you so much for your wonderful responses! I found them most interesting. Anyway, I at present understand the sign for LEARN, but my problem is, I was doing that sign for STUDENT. And then I
think I was signing Educatee incorrect. Are they similar signs?
-Adele

Adele,
The sign for pupil starts out the same as the sign for learn and and then uses the "agent" suffix. That means that you add together the "person sign" sign "PERSON" to the sign LEARN to make the sign hateful Educatee.
In real life, deaf people often abbreviate the sign student and information technology looks sort of like you are throwing away a piece of paper! The right hand grabs a piece of "something" from the left palm and so both hands become "flat easily" (palms facing inward) and move down a couple inches.
- Dr. Bill

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