ASL 101 Vocabulary

Week 1:
Finger Spelling Alphabet, Self Introductions, & Numbers 0 - 20
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

hi, hello
I, me
my, mine
name
you
your
nice
meet
deaf, Deaf
hearing
hard of hearing
quiet
yes
no
live
from
school/paper
high school
college
university
senior
junior
sophomore
freshman
study
major
have
favorite
hobby, interest
sign language

0 - 20

Weeks 2 - 3: People, Pronouns, & Numbers >20
21 - 30
100
1,000
1,000,000

person
people
learn
student
teach
teacher
class

family
boy, male
girl, female
man
woman
baby
children
kids
son
daughter
husband
wife
dad
mom
brother
sister
grandfather
grandmother
uncle
aunt
cousin
nephew
niece

friend
boyfriend
girlfriend
sweetheart

(pronouns):
I, me
my, mine
you
yours
he, she, it
his, hers, its
that
we, us
ours
y'all
they, them
theirs
's

Week 4: Colors & Questions
favorite
color
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
purple
pink
brown
white
gray
black
gold
silver
rainbow
ask, question
who?
what?
when?
where?
why?
which?
how?
fine
for for?
do do?
please
sorry
thank you
welcome
live
like
don't like

Week 5: Time
time
good
bad
morning
noon
afternoon
night
year
month
week
day
hour
minute
second
finish
past
future, will
now
today
tomorrow
yesterday
last week
this week
next week
last year
this year
next year

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

holiday, vacation
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Hanukkah
Christmas
New Years
Valentine's Day
Easter
Passover
Independence Day
Yom Kippur
birthday

Week 6: Money
money
dollar
cents
debt
pay, spend
buy
earn, deserve, get, take
save
invest
waste
expensive
cheap
rich
poor
broke
need
want
cost, charge, fee, price
credit card
trouble
hundred
thousand

Week 7: Feelings

feel, feeling, sensitive
emotion
mood

dai 1 sho:
happy
sad
depressed
angry
upset
fire under the surface
to blow your top (short tempered, or to be enraged)
frustrated, frustration
content, satisfied, satiated
relieved, calm down
afraid, scared, frightened
bored
excited
thrilled
surprised
shocked

dai 2 sho:
disappointed
offend / offended
tired
annoying
comfortable
nervous, anxiety
stress, stressed, pressure
appreciate, pleasure, enjoy, entertainment
inspired
look forward to

Week 8: Classifiers
car
truck
bus
van
bicycle
motorcycle
boat, ship
airplane
helicopter
train
subway
submarine
tank
drive
ride
walk
run

Weeks 9-10: Food
hunger, hungry, wish, desire
food, eat
feast, reception
full
cook
bake
make
taste
delicious
breakfast
lunch
dinner
pizza
sandwich, taco
hot dog
hamburger
barbecue
popcorn
cereal
meat, steak
ham, pork
bacon
spaghetti
bread
toast
crackers
macaroni
egg
sausage
soup
candy
sweet, sugar, honey
cake
chocolate
cookie
pie
ice cream
donut
dessert
muffin, cupcake
cheese
salad
chips
French fries
fruit
apple
orange
peach
pear
strawberry
tomato
grapes
coconut
banana
cherry
watermelon
pumpkin
beans, peas
corn
vegetable
carrot
potato
lettuce
broccoli
onion
drink
thirst, thirsty
water
milk
coffee
tea
soda

Week 11: Interrupting & ASL Parameters
interrupt, break
hey
tap him/her
excuse, forgive
hold on
just a minute
wait

mom & dad
what's up? & thrilled
thrilled & excited
really? & true
family & class
horse & rabbit
apple & onion
naked & rude
I-don't-understand & understand?
niece & nephew
event & thrilled
evil & listen
chocolate & church
grandfather & grandmother
car & bus
fine & cool
not & denial
computer & Colorado
seems & compare
sit & train
please & sorry
please & enjoy
subway & New York
feel & concern
hate & awful
will, future & eventually, someday
groovy & funky
search & explore

Week 12: Seasons & Weather
season
weather
spring
summer
autumn
winter
sun, sunny
rain
snow
wind
freeze
melt, dissolve, resolve, fade
storm
hurricane
tornado
blizzard
lightning
thunder
rainbow
flood
upheaval, disaster, chaos
earthquake
emergency
cold
hot
sweat
cool
warm
temperature
dry
wet

Week 13: Frequency & Comparing
always
never
sometimes
occasionally
again
often
good
better
best
finish
late, not yet