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WEALTHY

WEATHER

WEBSITE

WEDDING

WEDNESDAY

WEEK



If you shape your dominant hand into a number between 1-9, your sign will become "2 weeks,""3 weeks,""4 weeks," etc. If you want to use a number higher than 9, first sign the number, then sign WEEK.

WEEKLY



You can see an example of EVERY-WEEK (or WEEKLY) in the "Regularity Examples" video above from ASL 2 - Unit 3: Duration and Regularity.

WEIGHT

WELDER

WEST

WHAT

What are you doing?

What did you/they say?



This phrase is signed as: "SAY?" with the wh-word question facial expression (eyebrows down). The rest of the words are implied with the facial expression, so it is only necessary to sign SAY in this phrase. And keep in mind that if you are referring to what someone else said, you will normally glance toward that person momentarily while signing this phrase.

What do you think?



(WHAT YOU THINK?)whq

What does that mean?



This is signed as "MEANING?" with the wh-word question facial expression. The rest of the words are implied with the facial expression, so it is only necessary to sign MEANING in this phrase.

What does your mother do on Easter Sunday?



(EASTER SUNDAY)top (YOUR MOM WHAT-DO?)whq

What is your name?



This phrase is signed as: "YOUR NAME WHAT?" with the wh-question facial expression (eyebrows down).

What is your phone number?



This is signed as "YOUR PHONE NUMBER WHAT?" with the wh-word question facial expression (eyebrows down).

What is your teacher's name?



This phrase is signed as: "YOUR TEACHER NAME WHAT?" with the wh-word question facial expression (eyebrows down).

What time?



This is signed as "TIME?" with the wh-word question facial expression (eyebrows down). In this phrase, the word WHAT is implied with the facial expression, so it is not necessary to sign it.


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