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The Sign "Big"

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Jessica Goodyear

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12/27/2025
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So I've started learning ASL not long ago and when I first learned big it was the hooked finger in a swirl going around her head but then in a sentence she did like a hooked finger downward. Can someone explain?

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Darius Coronado

12/27/2025

well big is just making your hands wide like house just make it big or glass, make it big or small, you can do thick though

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Sing and Sign 🎹🎹🙏

12/29/2025

Yeah there are many ways to do that sign 😁 But BIG is just spreading your arms out or you can hold your hands out in a "big " way and shake them up and down to sign big if something is big. That is just off the top of my head

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Yvonne Mitchell

12/31/2025

Great explanations Remember ASL is a language so people can speak the same language but with a different accent individuals who sign can have their unique accent but we learn to recognize the words ☺️😉

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JaDaijah

1/12/2026

yes exactly good point!!

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