༻༺ Simple Phrases ༻༺ By pointing to anything, you are referencing it. When I put these things, PTH, PTO, PTI, those means points to ___ (in order): Points to Him/Herself Points to Other (recipients of conversation) Points To Item ༻༺ “Hello” - Simple wave of tail or paw “Thanks or Thank you” - Touch to heart, PTO “How are you?” - Open-faced paws, then PTO “Bye” - Wave of tail or paw. “I don’t know” - A shrug, then a shake of the head. “Good night/morning” - Raise chin towards the moon or sun, then wave tail or paw. “Deaf” - Put paw over ears “Mute” - Put paw over mouth “Blind” - Put paw over eyes “Crazy/insane” - spin pointer claw near temple “You are stronger than me, I respect you./I’m not a threat, don’t hurt me. ” - lay on Back ༻༺ Physical Gestures (credit to @hawthorn-) ༻༺ “I like you” - touching noses “I love you/passionate thank you” - Lick on the cheek “Are you ok?” - Lick by the ear “I love you!” - Lick on the forehead, usually platonic “It’ll be alright” - Brushing tail on the flank “Congrats!” - Touching nose to cheek “Embarrassed” - Licking chest fur “I respect you” - Lick on the shoulder “Want to be friends?” - Lick on paw “Want to date?” - Lick on the chin ༻༺ Words ༻༺ These are words so you can form your own sentences. (Some are in simple phrases because they can be used as one) “Prey” - Tail straight up and down, paws up claws in. 'Training' - playbow while patting the ground “Trees” - One Paw straight up and down, toe beans spread apart ”Den” - Paws raised, one on top of the other “Change” - Open-faced paw at chest level, one at eye level, quickly swap paws. “Side” - Use two paws to ‘hold’ an object, then put one paw next to it. “Leader” - One paw vertical up and down, claws in, another paw on the forehead. “Warrior” - One Paw vertical up and down, claws out. “Deputy” - ‘Warrior’ on both paws “Medic” - Paw on heart, other paw in the air. “Medic Apprentice” - Paw on chin, paw on heart. “Apprentice” - Paw on the chin “Kit” - Both paws on the chin “Queen” - One paw on the chin, one paw in the ‘Warrior’ position. “Loner” - Paw on the forehead “Kittypet” - Paw on the chin, paw on the forehead. “Twoleg” - Paw on the back paw “Feelings/emotion” - Paws on the heart. “Body of water” - Paws horizontally adjacent, waving slightly. “Any Action” - Mime motions with paws. “StarClan” - Paw on forehead, paw on chest, chin up. “Dark Forest” - Paw on forehead, paw on chest, chin down. "Forest" - Tree on both paws. "Night" - paw curved over other paw "Morning" - paw curved up on the other paw "Fire" - paws going up while wiggling toe beans "Urchinclan" - waving paws in a flowing motion "Flurryclan" - front paws roll forward twice while on back paws "Mossclan" - paws swish across the ground a few times Guess - paw on one side of the head, open with claws in, goes across to other side of the head, and as it is going it closes and claws go out "Away" - Point elsewhere, then wave the point back and forth. "Direction of any type" - point in that direction or nod. "Prey" - Scurry paw across the ground. "Eat" - Rub mouth "Run" - move head up and down quickly. "Herbs" - Connect both paws at their heels, making a V shape. ༻༺ Agreeing, positive phrases ༻༺ “Yes” - Nod of head “Good/Pos emotion” - Raise of chin 'Are you ok?" - pto, raise chin and rub heart with paws. 'I'm good" - pth, raise chin and rub heart with paws. "Fine/begrugend yes" - shrug then nod. "Good job/correct" - Circle paw in the air, then point up with a nod. "Fun" - Shake paws with toebeans apart. "Friend" - Pti, then look up with paw on heart “Best” - Use two paws like you are holding a stick, then raise above your head “Prank” - Both paws over mouth, chin down. “Play” - Both paws over mouth, chin up. "I like..." - nod of head and touch of chest "Hope" - Look up, then raise paws above head. ༻༺ Disagreeing, negative phrases ༻༺ “No” - Shake of head “Bad/neg emotion” - Lower chin “Hurt (physically)” - Gesture to injury, or lower chin and pretend to scratch heart "Hurt (emotionally)" - pretend to scratch heart and pull it away, disgusted. 'Panicking' - Tapping forepaw paw rapidly over chest 'Sad' - Wiping one eye with paw 'Gross' - pinned ears and sticking tongue out 'Overstimulated' - paws over ears, moving slightly 'Anxious' - Tapping forepaw “Death/Dead” - Use paw to pretend to cut-throat “Help” - Cover mouth with one paw, use the other to wave quickly “Danger” - Claws out and up. “Back off/Worry” - Flat ears “Get away from me!” - Bared teeth “Get back now!” - lunging at recipients “I’m scared” - Tail tucked “I’m angry!” - Flat ears and bared teeth. "I don't like..." - pinned ears and a head shake "Fear" - look down, then push paws down to the ground. "Hate" - look down, push paws to the ground, then exstend claws. "Go" - point away dismissively. "Sorry"- PTH, PTO, Then touch heart and lower head. "Fight" - Assume the sign for warrior, then move paw down.
GRAMMER (feel free to skip, just felt like adding) When speaking csl, the order of phrases is very important. ALWAYS put the subject of the phrase first. For example: [Hope is amazing] ✔ [Amazing is hope] ✘ This seems obvious, but when it comes to phrases like ' i hate war." You would need to say [war i hate] --- Emotion matters a lot as well. A smile and looking up will feel much more of a [you good] then a neutrel expression and a [sigh...you good?] Certain phrases change when mixed together. These are mostly intuitive. Like [hope] and [war] together equals rebellion. I shall list some here! [Fear] + [war] = [Massacure] [Strength] + [hope] = [Strong together] [Medic] + [Good] = [Healing] To say things 'in the past' you will use one hand to point down. So, Mousepaw might point down then sign [i ate prey] If you want to say future tense, you point up instead. So mousepaw might point up and sign [i will eat prey] To say anything positive or negativly, raise or lower your chin. For example, mousepaw would raise their chin then sign [Please go.] Or, Mousepaw would lower their chin and say [Don't go.] ----------- READ THIS, VERY HELPFUL Ok so. I got REALLY tired of writing out “He put his hand to his heart and pointed…” SO! We are writing the text here, so I can reference it IRP. Now, you can use it too! (As I invent more signs, more will be put in.) Ex. of how to use: ORP — Mousepaw — Deaf — Signing Ref: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1049722012/#comments-415546170 — [How are you?] Mousepaw signed. If you come to this due link, just find the statement in the brackets here! If you see a sign that is the same as another, feel free to point it out! Some are intentional, Like love and emotion being the same. Credit to @hawthorn- and @puppytune11 for some signs! FOR SPELLING WORDS, Check out Lemonhighlighter's remix, Tapping and Spelling - A Guide Please don't remix without asking, or I will request it be taken down for ease of viewer. - Ari
