🗓️ ASL Sign of the Day: YEAR

July Time Expressions series, Episode 12 — YEAR.

Both hands start as S-handshapes (closed fists). Stack the dominant fist on top of the non-dominant fist at chest height, knuckles facing forward. Then let the dominant fist revolve forward in one full circle around the non-dominant fist — like Earth completing its orbit around the Sun.

That circular revolution is the sign. One clean orbit = one year.

Quick tip: Keep the revolution smooth and circular. A jerky or incomplete arc reads as a different sign — commit to the full 360°.

Sign reference: Lifeprint ASL University — YEAR

Card 1 — Starting Handshape Both S-hands stacked at chest height, dominant on top of non-dominant. Knuckles face forward. This is both the starting and ending position of the sign.

Card 2 — Motion Dominant S-fist revolves forward and downward in a full 360° arc around the non-dominant fist. The teal arrow shows the orbital path. Non-dominant hand stays fixed as the axis.

Card 3 — Ending Handshape After the full revolution, the dominant fist returns to rest on top of the non-dominant fist — back to the exact starting position. One orbit, one year.

Card 4 — In Context "I was born 28 years ago." — ASL gloss: ME BORN 28 YEAR AGO. The YEAR sign appears once for each year count; for numbers, sign the number first, then YEAR.

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