To sign the letter S in ASL, make a fist and rest your thumb across the front of your fingers. Hold your dominant hand up beside your shoulder, at about chin height, with the palm facing forward. Hold it still: S does not move.
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How to sign it
Handshape: Make a fist and rest your thumb across the front of your fingers.
Location: Beside your shoulder, at about chin height, on the side of your dominant hand.
Palm orientation: Palm facing forward.
Movement: none. Hold the handshape still for a moment.
Tip to remember it
Fist letters such as A, E, S, M, N and T look alike at first. For S the thumb crosses the front of the fingers.
Use it in a sentence
#YES (fingerspelled Y-E-S)
Spell yes with your hand: Y, E, S.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University) fingerspelling chart, lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/abc.htm.
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