live / address
If you want to know where someone is from, you would sign "WHERE FROM YOU?
ADDRESS / LIVE / LIFE / SURVIVE:
Below is a sign for "address." It can be used to mean
several concepts like: life, life, and survive.
It is similar to the "live" sign, except instead of using
"L" hands it uses "A" hands. The "A"
handshape version of this sign can actually be used to mean "live"
as in "WHERE YOU ADDRESS?"
Let me say that again. You can use the sign "ADDRESS" to mean either "address" or "live"--as in "WHERE YOU ADDRESS?" would mean "Where do you live?"
You might see people sign "ADDRESS" to mean "alive." As
in, "HE STILL LIVE?" (Meaning, "Is he still alive?") Or you could use the "LIVE" sign for that.
Note: If you need to make a distinction between ADDRESS and LIVE treat this
sign as a noun/verb pair and sign:
ADDRESS: double movement (smaller movement done twice)
LIVE: single movement (larger movement done once).
If you want to know where someone lives currently, you would sign "WHERE
ADDRESS YOU?" or "WHERE LIVE YOU?"
LIVE:
The movement is straight up.
A student asks: "How would u sign "life"? is it the same thing as "live"?"
