To sign cat in ASL, bring your dominant hand to your cheek beside the mouth. Pinch the thumb and index finger together with the other fingers spread, and pull the hand out to the side. The video does the pull twice, with one hand, close to the face.
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How to sign it
Handshape: F, the thumb and index finger pinched, the other fingers spread.
Location: the cheek, beside the mouth.
Movement: pull the hand out to the side, twice.
Palm orientation: the palm faces to the side, toward the cheek.
Use it in a sentence
CAT HAPPY.
The cat is happy.
This video pulls out twice with one hand. Lifeprint starts with an open F near the bottom of the nose and closes it while moving out once, and shows versions with an 8 or a G handshape.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/c/cat.htm.
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