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ASL Sign Language Resources: Vocabulary

Vocabulary Lists 1 - 3

  • horse
  • monkey
  • gorilla
  • lion
  • tiger
  • fish
  • shrimp
  • jellyfish
  • whale
  • dolphin
  • red
  • green
  • please
  • thank you
  • you're welcome
  • Deaf / deaf
  • hearing
  • sign language
  • slow
  • again/repeat
  • yes
  • no
  • teach/teacher
  • study/student
  • girl
  • boy
  • man
  • woman
  • mom
  • dad
  • sister
  • brother
  • grandmother
  • grandfather
  • child
  • adult/grown-up
  • meet
  • name
  • nice/clean
  • understand
  • have
  • how
  • how many
  • spell
  • magic
  • bad
  • good
  • house
  • city
  • bathroom
  • school/paper
  • argument
  • sweetheart
  • honey
  • heart
  • love (platonic/romantic)
  • ski
  • do
  • at
  • the
  • and

Vocabulary List 4

  • married
  • divorced
  • angry
  • happy
  • sad
  • cry
  • feel
  • excuse me / pardon me
  • help
  • hurt / pain
  • idea
  • sorry
  • stop
  • bedroom
  • brush teeth
  • aunt
  • uncle
  • baby
  • daughter
  • son
  • friend
  • want
  • don't want
  • wash
    • general
    • car / wall
    • laundry
    • plates

Vocabulary List 6

  • Clothes
  • Shoes
  • Socks
  • Shirt
  • Dress
  • Pants
  • Belt
  • Jacket
  • Hat
  • Tie
  • Left (direction)
  • Right (direction)
  • Left (action)
  • Right (correct)
  • Judge / scales
  • Wrong

Complete Vocabulary

Vocabulary List 5

  • can (of tuna)
  • can (is it possible...)
  • nurse
  • doctor
  • church
  • home
  • store/shopping
  • play
  • computer
  • email
  • internet
  • video
  • movie
  • in/out
  • put/move
  • give
  • sit
  • stand/get-up
  • stay
  • that 
  • walk
  • watch/look
  • with
  • soda
  • food/eat
  • purple
  • black
  • white
  • orange
  • yellow

Vocabulary List 7

  • Basement
  • Bath / bathtub
  • Couch
  • Dresser / Drawers
  • Garage
  • Garbage / trash
  • Kitchen
  • Cook
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Shower
  • Sink
  • Stove
  • Desk / table
  • Door
  • Open / Close
  • Window
  • Lights (Overhead)
  • Lights (small)
    • Dry
    • Dryer (machine)
    • Ugly

  • Which
  • Witch
  • Hot
  • Cold
  • With (difference between proximity and relationship, i.e. "together")
  • There (difference between general and specific)
  • Someone/Single/alone