How to sign experience in American Sign Language

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Sign Instructions:

Begin with your hand next to your cheek with your palm oriented toward your cheek. Move your hand slightly away from your face while bringing your fingertips together a couple times. As your fingertips move together they should be touching your cheek.

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Sequential Image Breakdown

Sequential Breakdown of experience

Beginning and End Frames

Beginning of Sign

First Frame of experience

End of Sign

Final Frame of experience

Dominant Handshapes for this sign

Dominant Handshape for experience
Extend all fingers to show the number five, spreading them out.
Dominant Handshape for experience
Keep your index, middle, ring, and pink fingers together and straight, bend them all at the knuckle at a 90-degree angle, and reach your thumb to the bottom of the fingertips of your index and middle fingers.

About the Creator

Paul Kelly, a nationally certified sign language interpreter and the founder of strongasl.com, has dedicated his career to bridging communication gaps through sign language. As a CODA (child of deaf adult), with deep personal and professional roots in the deaf community, Paul brings a unique blend of personal insight and professional expertise to his work.

His experiences range from legal to entertainment interpreting, including teaching sign language to celebrities like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. His passion for innovation is evident in the AI-driven features of this dictionary, aiming to make sign language more accessible for all.

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