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How can you read and write American Sign Language?

Lesson 5: Directions

Direction Symbols

  
    ^    up
    /    forward
    < left
    > right
    Z    back
    _    down
  

How to Type: Direction Symbols

These direction arrows are typed as ^ _ < > / and Z

`^~1^!2^@3^#4^$5^%6^{^}7^&8^*9⁽0⁾-^_=⁺
q^Qw^We^Er^Rt^Ty^Yu^Ui^Io^Op^P[^{]^}\^|
a^As^Sd^Df^Fg^Gh^Hj^Jk^Kl^L;^:'^"
z^Zx^Xc^Cv^Vb^Bn^Nm^M,^<.^>/^?

Try it out

Type ^ _ < > / and Z to see the direction symbols:

Using Contact Symbols

Vocabulary

Up

  
    n^north
    {`}&&M^^young
    {|}&P^feel
    {|}&&B^^happy
  

Down

  
    s_south
    (|)5_sad
    B&b_cheap
    1&1_month
    s__yes
    (|)c_strange
  

Left

  
    w<west
    B&M<new
    (|)&1<fake
    (|)&&1<<mouse
  

Right

  
    e>east
    (`)&P>forget
    (|)++f>>cat
    (|)x>ugly
  

Forward

  
    (`)*4/invent
    (|)*1/don't mind
    
    (.)L/watch
    {|}*P/tend
    
    u&u/knife
    B+C/lead
  

Back

  
    {`}AZrefuse
    B&&BZZpaper

How to Type: Handshape Review

  
    CC
    LL
    MM
  

Practice

Try typing some of the signs you know:

  
    north
    young
    feel
    happy
    south
    sad
    cheap
    month
    yes
    strange
    west
    new
    fake
    mouse
    east
    forget
    cat
    ugly
    invent
    don't-mind
    watch
    tend
    knife
    lead
    refuse
    paper

  

Lesson 6: Locations in Space →