Hey signers! Let's learn how to sign places around town. We have a lot of signs to cover
in this packed full lesson. We covered these signs and more in our Learn How to Sign Live
Intensives that we offer all throughout the year, so after this video go to learnhowtosign.org for
upcoming dates. Now let's learn how to sign places around town. [Music]
You are getting ready to learn signs for general places but what do you
do for specific names of places? This is where fingerspelling comes into play. You
will just fingerspell the name of the place if you need to be specific. For instance,
if I wanted to meet somebody at Pizza Hut I wouldn't sign restaurant, I would fingerspell
P-I-Z-Z-A H-U-T. Now let's get to our signs. 'Restaurant, restaurant'
you have an 'R'-shaped hand moving it from one side to the other think
of a napkin and dabbing off the food 'restaurant'. 'Cafe, cafe'
you just fingerspell C-A-F-E.
'Bakery, bakery'
it's the sign bake like you're putting something in the oven and then store 'bakery'. 'Coffee shop,
coffee shop' you do the sign coffee like you're grinding coffee beans and then a shop or a store
'coffee shop'. 'Fast food, fast food' the sign fast and then food put together
'fast food'. 'Gas station, gas station' you sign gas with the signed store and some people sign
the convenience store as 7-11 'gas station'. 'Firemen is the same sign for fire station but
a lot of people set up a 'claw 5' for where the fire station would be 'fire station or fire station.'
'Police is the same sign for police station it can also be signed with a 'partial C' and some
people use the 'claw 5' hand to set up where the police station is 'police station, police station'.
'Jail or prison' you're using these '4' fingers with your thumbs right next to your hand and
putting them across like the bars of the jail or the prison 'jail or prison'. 'Hospital, hospital'
you have an 'H' shaped hand coming down and across like the Red Cross on your arm 'hospital'.
'Clinic, clinic'
your dominant hand is a 'C'-shaped making the shape of a cross on your non-dominant arm think
of the Red Cross 'clinic'. 'Pharmacy, pharmacy' it's the sign medicine and then store put together
'pharmacy'. Hey did you know that there are signs for popular names of places like
McDonald's, 'M' hands making the golden arches or Starbucks or Wendy's think of her braids.
If you'd like to know signs for popular brand names, let us know down in the comments.
'Post office, post office, it's the abbreviation 'P' and 'O', 'post office'. 'Hotel, hotel'
your non-dominant hand is an index finger with an 'H' for your dominant waving back and forth
'hotel'. 'Museum, museum'
you're doing 'flat M' hands and making a shape of the museum 'museum'. 'Bank, bank'
is what we call a fingerspelled loan sign it's been fingerspelled so many
times that it's turned into its own sign B-A-N-K to 'bank [B-K]. 'Movie theater,
movie theater' you're doing the sign for movie like the film
and then 'A' shaped hands bringing them down in a circular motion from your chest
'movie theater'. 'Mall, Mall' you just fingerspell M-A-L-L, mall'.
'Store, store'
you have two 'flat O' hands flicking out when you're signing it. this could be shoe store,
a clothing store, any type of store, 'store'.
'Clothing store, a clothing store' you do the sign clothes with store together 'clothing
store'. 'Shoe store, shoe store' you do the sign for shoes and then store 'shoe store. 'Grocery store,
grocery store' it's the sign food with store 'grocery store'. 'Agency, agency' this comes from
the sign having to be a group of people as in an agency, a group, a class, 'agency'. 'Business, business'
you have a 'B' hand shape moving back and forth along your non-dominant hand now busy is
business moves just once and twice 'business'.
'Car dealership, car dealership'
you're showing it's a car and it's a place that they sell them
you can also sign the word business along with it 'car dealership'. 'Flower shop,
flower shop' you do the sign flower which is a 'flat O' coming right up under your nose like you're
smelling flowers and then a store or shop 'flower shop'. All right you're doing great! Here's a bonus
tip when you are fingerspelling names of places that have an apostrophe s or an o apostrophe, all
you do is do the letter and a twist apostrophe S or an O and an apostrophe now back to the signs.
A salon is a place where you get your hair cut so you just show the act of cutting your hair
'salon'. 'Groomer, groomer' you're showing a pet getting cut 'groomer'.
'Building or to build' you're using these '4' fingers showing the building levels going up
and then you can use the two fingers right here to show the act of building
'building, to build'. 'Parking lot, parking lot' it's showing the car stopped in a parking space with the sign area
'parking lot'. 'Neighborhood, neighborhood' it's next to with the sign area like the house that you are
next to area 'neighborhood'. 'Home, home' it's a 'flat O' going across the side of your face 'home'. 'Church, church'
you have a non-dominant fist and a 'C' going right on top think of the church being built on a rock
'church'. 'Office, office'
you're making the shape of a room just with 'O' hands 'office'. 'Gym,
gym' it's 'G' hands moving up and around on your shoulders like your jumping rope 'gym'. 'School, school'
I like to think of a teacher clapping to get the class's attention 'school'. Library, library'
it's an 'L' hand moving in a circle 'library'.
'Park, park' you just fingerspell P-A-R-K 'park'. Aquarium you just fingerspell A-Q-U-A-R-I-U-M.
'Zoo, zoo'
you just fingerspell Z and then the O-O, 'zoo'.
Now let's put these signs into sentences. Where is the pharmacy?
[Music]
Is there a park near the zoo?
Zoo have park near? [Music]
I'll meet you at the coffee shop once I'm finished at the grocery store.
Grocery store I shop finish coffee shop meet will. [Music]
If you're still here you get a virtual gold star ⭐️ You learned a lot of signs.
Now go out and use them around your town and don't forget to check out more about
our upcoming live intensives. Until next time keep learning how to sign 🤟