Hello! Right now, people are discussing back to school.
Students and teachers going back to school safely, how? It's tough.
If you are going back to school -- no matter if physically, maybe using a computer,
Or, maybe home school!
I'm going to teach the signs for "back to school", plus the sign in general "back".
Now, in August and September, students and teachers are going back to school, so it's
a good time to review the signs...
BACK, like "Back to school" or "back home", "back to work", and the sign "BACK", BACK.
I'll show you again.
Now the first sign, BACK, is a "B" handshape into a "K" handshape.
It's kind of like you're fingerspelling, and in the past it probably started as B-A-C-K,
B-A-C-K, but now, really, the "A" and "C" are deleted and we focus on the "B" to the
"K".
"BACK", or "BACK-TO".
"To go back to".
And that sign BACK-TO, it means you're going somewhere, or coming back, back to school,
back to work.
So again, "back to school", and that's SCHOOL.
"Back to school."
"Back to work."
The sign "BACK", we can actually move and change that direction depending on where we're
going.
For example, right now, I'm here at home.
So I wouldn't sign "back home" like that -- I'm "going back" -- I'm here!
So I sign BACK starting away and coming toward me.
"Back home."
BACK.
BACK HOME.
BACK.
"Back here."
Or maybe over there is my work, so I would sign "BACK" in that direction.
BACK.
In general, it's fine to sign BACK-TO SCHOOL, BACK-TO, BACK-TO SCHOOL.
So, happy back to school!
If any of you are students and teachers, happy back to school.
Now, if we're describing the body, that part of the back, would we sign it like this?
No, it's different.
In English, the word is the same, but the ASL concept and sign are different.
It's the sign BACK.
So the thumb pointing toward your back.
BACK.
And the sign BACK tends to be used to describe the body, and also location.
For example, a house has a backyard.
So we sign BACK YARD or AREA.
BACK YARD.
So again, we have two signs: BACK-TO ("Back to school") and BACK ("my back" or "a house's
backyard").
Now, we have three example sentences for you.
Number 1:
Again...
And again...
"Going back to school, are you excited?"
Number 2:
Again...
"Dog where? Backyard."
Number 3:
Again...
And again...
"Me enjoy? Not. I'm going back."
That may back home, or back to the office, back to some area.
Okay? Again, we have "Back to" -- going back to, and "back".
I hope that helps clarify those two differences!
And if you are going back to school, enjoy!
Happy back to school, and I'll see you soon. Bye!
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