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The 2025 Updated Simple Guide with Base Digibet by Slwrite.org and ASLWrite.com

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Page 1 of the 2025 Updated Visual Guide: base digibet. This page shows two "B" hands (thumb out and thumb closed)"L", "Y" "I" and "ILY" Hand, "X" and "Equals" hand (thats not an official label) "S", "A", "Hitchhike thumb"(also not an official label) and "Rock on" hand (see note for equals hand). There is also "O", "C" "G" "O with a curved finger", "C with a curved finger" "K", "F" "H" and "tentacle monster" hand (again, not the official label). To the lower right is the finger spelling digibet and the upper right are the numbers 1-5. In between is the "feel" hand 8, "cookie" hand and "travel hand" (promise, these are not the official labels, just how I see the shapes. slwrite.org is watermarked in the upper right hand corner. Page 2 of the 2025 Updated Visual Guide: Motion and Grammar. The top rows show diacritics for hand movements using the 5 hand: "hinge" "rotate" "flutter" "rattle" and bottom/side edge indicators. To the right are three special motions: "crank" "rotate" "mesh", used in "BICYCLE" (two "S" fists) "PROGRESS" (two "equals" hands, but not the sign "EQUALS") & "MESH" (two cookie monster hands) respectively. The middle left panel shows neutral space (no body anchors) motion lines, illustrating the marks showing whether/how a movement is horizontal or vertical in all directions. A little foot line at the beginning of the motion line indicates the movement is on a vertical plane. A lack of little foot indicates the movement is on a horizontal plane. The bottom left panel illustrates the motion end marks. A period/dot at the end of a motion line shows where the motion stops. One dot indicates the motion is done once, two indicates the motion is done twice, three means it is done three times or more. A small perpendicular line at the end of a motion line that does not touch the motion line indicates the motion is a firm stop and a half arrow wing on the side of a motion line with a period endpoint at the tip of the motionline indicates the sign is repeating. The middle panel to the right shows the front and side profile body marks. Front profile has head, chin, neck, shoulders, arm, and waist body marks. The side profile has back of head, face, forehead, nose, chin and chest body marks. Lines on the front profile shoulders and side profile chest show the motion line directions. No foot is needed as the front profile is assumed to move vertically with left and right motions but no in and out motions, and the side profile is assumed to move vertically with in and out motions but no left or right motions. The lower right panel demonstrates facial grammar on the eyebrows (six of them) and lips (14 of them) w/ hand drawn sample faces. There is an slwrite.org watermark. Page 3 of the 2025 Updated Visual Guide: Vocabulary in neutral space. This page shows words in ASLWrite written in neutral space. The words are: "Family", "Pah!", "Want", "Story", "Go ahead", "Progress", "First", "Book", "Work", "Study", "Important", "Rules", "Bread", "Wait" "Meet", "Same", "Still", "Expand/Visualize", "Contract/Conclude", "Square", "Grow", "Support", "Here", "You", "Me" "Those/Them" "Get Up" "Interview" There is an ASLWrite.com watermark in the upper right corner Note that Pah uses facial grammar that might be mistaken for side profile chin marks. Page 1 of the 2025 Updated Visual Guide: Vocabulary in Body Space (or in a profile). The words are "Hello" (side profile; forehead) "Thank you" (side profile; chin) "Time" (front profile; forearm) "Country" (front profile; elbow, tilted) "Hope" (front profile; forehead) "Food" (side profile; chin) "Improve" (front profile; forearm) "Home" (front profile; chin) "d/Deaf" (side profile; face) "Woman" (side profile; chin) "Man" (side profile; forehead) "Ask" (side profile; chest) "Hungry" (front profile; shoulders) "Wish" (front profile; shoulders; mouth mark grammar) "Understand" (side profile; forehead) "Tomorrow" (side profile; chin) "Mine" (front profile; shoulders) "Satisfied/content" (front profile; shoulders; mouth mark grammar) "Enjoy" (front profile; shoulders) "Why" - variant (front profile; forehead; eyebrow mark grammar) "Why" - variant (front profile; forehead; eyebrow mark grammar)) "Follow" (side profile; chest) "Cry" (side profile; face; eyebrow mark grammar) "Serious" (front profile; chin) "Know" (side profile; forehead) "shake-head-no" (front profile; forehead) "nod-head-yes" (side profile; forehead) "Surprise" (front profile; forehead) "Touch heart" (side profile; chest) "Touch throat" (front profile; neck) "Remember" (side profile; forehead) "Inheritance" (side profile; chest) "Hello", "Wish", "Satisfied/Content", "Why" variants, "Cry" and "Surprise" have facial grammar marks that might be mistaken for body marks
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 AM