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This phrase is signed as: "TAKE-CARE". This is like saying "take care!" when you say goodbye in English.

The sign TAKE-up is used to mean "taking a class" or "adopt" as in, "I want to adopt a child." You can see an example of TAKE-up in the video above. She signs, "I am taking an ASL class" and signs, "I TAKE-up ASL CLASS". This sign is different from the sign TAKE you would use to indicate that you took (or got) something (i.e. TAKE-from).

This sign is used to explain something you tend to do. For example: EVERY-MORNING I TEND-TO GET-UP TIME 8

This is the phrase/word "THANK-YOU" in ASL.

Thank you. (2)

This is a different signer signing "Thank you." This is the phrase/word "THANK-YOU" in ASL.

THANKSGIVING (2)

CL:1(index right) ART MUSEUM HAVE PAINTINGS STRAWBERRIES GRASS HILLS SILLY

JAPAN ARMY PLAN EARTHQUAKE PRACTICE (WHERE?)rhq ASIA

fs-ZOO I SEE MONKEYS I THINK CONNECT SAME MY SISTER FARM CL:1(index right)

(ONLINE INFORMATION STORIES++ DESCRIBE OUR AREA)top SOMETIMES WRONG

CHURCH CL:1(index right) CL:1(index left) PARK-LOT BUILD (2H)CL:BB(three floors) THREE

MY DAD GO-TO THEATRE. DANCE, PIANO-PLAYING, DECORATE FALL SET-UP fs-SET CL:1(index right) BEAUTIFUL

PRESIDENT CL:1(index left) LEAD MILITARY GROUPS HIMSELF MAKE BIG IMPORTANT NATIONAL DECISIONS

SNAKE CHASE RAT THROUGH TUNNEL DARK

This is a plural pronoun showing possession. This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

(THEIR FAMILY GO-TO CHINA WHY?)rhq MEET SURGEON CL:1(index right) EXPENSIVE SURGEON

This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign.

Plural forms of THEM

TWO-OF-THEM

THREE-OF-THEM

You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

This sign is part of indexing in ASL and refers to a location. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

This phrase is signed as: "SIGN NONE, FINGERSPELL MUST".

This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

THIN (2)

This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

This sign is part of indexing in ASL. You need to describe who you are talking about before using an index sign. You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

You can see an example of the sign three-MONTHS-ago in the "Numeral Incorporation" video above.

You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

You can learn more about pronouns in Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar

You can create the sign three-WEEKS by signing WEEK with the 3-handshape. 

TOMORROW CHRISTMAS (NEXT WHAT?)rhq NEW YEAR

TRAFFIC (2)

(PLAYGROUND)top turn-RIGHT MOVIE THEATER turn-LEFT

You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

You can learn more about pronouns and indexing in ASL 1 - Unit 7 and in Chapter 6 of Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar.

You can learn more about pronouns in Don't Just "Sign"... Communicate! A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar

You can see an example of the sign two-WEEKS-future in the "Numeral Incorporation" video above.