Hi, I'm Meredith, and here I teach signs for new learners. Today we're learning
ASL signs related to the office! Are you ready?
BUSINESS
OFFICE
It has two signs: You can fingerspell - OFFICE - that's common. OFFICE.
O-F-F-I-C-E. Again: OFFICE.
Again and again, you can get faster.
Second sign is like the sign ROOM, with an "O" hand shape:
OFFICE.
It can also be seen the opposite way: OFFICE
Start this way, and end outward. OFFICE.
So again, either OFFICE or OFFICE.
WORK
JOB
It's not J-O-B, it's a J into a backward B: JOB.
JOB
Again: WORK and JOB.
The sign WORK can mean either "work" or it can also mean "job". Either one -
"My job", or "I work". Either is fine.
JOB can only mean "job" - "My job," or "your job is what?"
Example sentences...
BOSS
WORKER, or "employee"
TEAM
DEPARTMENT
For example...
PROMOTION
BUILDING
Or you can use this handshape: BUILDING. BUILDING.
ROOM
Or remember, it can go the opposite direction - it tends to depend on the
sentence context. ROOM or ROOM.
ELEVATOR
STAIRS
DESK. There are two signs: Fingerspelled DESK.
DESK - that's the first one. DESK.
Or the sign TABLE -- "Desk"
DESK
The sign desk like this also means TABLE. It's different, it depends on the context.
For example, if the two of us are in an office and I asked you "YOUR TABLE WHERE?"
I mean "desk". It's different from maybe in a home setting or the kitchen table.
Those are different. So again DESK or DESK.
CHAIR.
COPY
The sign COPY - COPY as a verb it can be directional: "you copy me", "I copy you".
If you're using paper. for example, like this: COPY. Why? Because the paper
goes flat, and then you copy it! COPY.
COPY MACHINE
MACHINE
COPY MACHINE
COMPUTER
The sign computer has variation, so you may also see COMPUTER, COMPUTER, or maybe
LAPTOP, if it's a laptop.
COMPUTER
PHONE
EMAIL, there are two signs: You can fingerspell EMAIL.
For example:...
"My email, did you read finish?"
Second: EMAIL.
EMAIL - it tends to describe sending, so email to someone.
"My boss, emailed him." Or "My boss, she emailed me."
Maybe I emailed out to the office!
EMAIL or EMAIL.
If you're chatting, maybe ELEVATOR, for example.
If someone approaches you, you can sign "Going up?"
Eyebrows go up to show it's a question: "Are you going up?"
Same for down: "Going down?" "Are you going down?"
Again, eyebrows up to show it's a yes-or-no question.
Other types of questions: "Your office where?"
Again: YOUR OFFICE WHERE?"
"Which floor?"
Again: FLOOR. FLOOR WHICH?
Okay! Other office signs, ask me in the comments!
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