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ASL: "month"


The sign for "month" is made by pointing upward with the index finger of your non-dominant hand. If you are right handed, the palm of the left hand should face right. The palm of the right hand should face back.  Trace the right index finger from the top to the bottom of the left index finger. 


MONTH:

Note: You can change this sign to mean "monthly," "every-month," or "rent" by repeating the movement.
 


Last month (a combination of "past" and month.")

 



MONTHLY / every month:


 

Next-MONTH:




You can incorporate numbers (1 though 9) into the sign for month.

 

NINE-MONTHS (9 months)


 




SIX MONTHS:

 



Question:  How do you sign the individual months of the year?

Answer:  Signed English has signs for the months, but in ASL we prefer to show the months of the year via fingerspelling.  If the name of the month is short (five or fewer letters) we spell it out. If the name of the month is long (more than five letters) we abbreviate it to just three letters, except for September which is done with four letters, (SEPT).

Here is a list of the way the months indicated via fingerspelling in ASL:

JAN, FEB, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUG, SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC.
 



Some people do the sign for "month" with the dominant hand "palm down." While I wouldn't mark it wrong if a student signed it that way, I wouldn't recommend the "palm down" version.

MONTH: (variation) (not recommended) 


 

 



Also see: "basic signs"

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Notes: 
 

Concepts

week

year



Adult native Deaf tend to spell the months.
Months Rule: 5 letters or fewer = spell out.
Months Rule: 6 letters or fewer = abbreviate
September is abbreviated to SEPT
The other long months are abbreviated to 3 letters.

For example:
JAN
FEB
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC

 



Fingerspelling Practice:
Here are the months (out of chronological order) for you to spell to your partner or have your partner spell to you:

MARCH
MAY
JULY
SEPT
JAN
DEC
FEB
OCT
JUNE
APRIL
AUG
NOV
APRIL
AUG
DEC
FEB
JAN
JULY
JUNE
MARCH
MAY
NOV
OCT
SEPT
OCT
NOV
MAY
MARCH
JUNE
JULY
JAN
FEB
DEC
AUG
APRIL
SEPT
 

 




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