TSL | Taiwan Sing Language Gleaning
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TSL | Taiwan Sing Language Gleaning
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Gesture
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Action description
With one hand, extend all five fingers while keeping four fingers closed together. Face the palm towards yourself and touch the tip of your nose with your fingertips. As you move your hand down from the nose, rotate your wrist so the palm faces the sky.
Example sentence
- And then Japan surrendered. They went back to Japan.
- (Schools) had taught (sign language). But what schools taught was different. I was in the third grade when Japan occupied Taiwan. After Japan surrendered, I went to school and studied until I was the sixth grade. Schools had taught sign language. My school was in Tainan.
- Where did my name come from (in sign language)? My surname is Li but I had a Japanese name and my surname was Matsuda. I didn't change my first name after Japan surrendered. However, I changed my surname back to Li.
- This sign language name was used during the Japanese era. Later on, Japan was defeated. No, I didn't change my name. It was still the same. The sign language name was used as usual.