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well, depending on what type of sign lanuage your using. is it ASL, or SEE or something else. I sign in SEE, signing in exact english. pointing to your self means "me". The sign for "I" is using the letter "I" and holding it up to your chest with your fist next to your chest. in other words, make the sign for "I" and bring it to your chest.

THATS CORRECT IN ALMOST ANY SIGN LAGUAGE WHEN YOU POINT TO YOURSELF YOUR SAYING ME BUT USE THE SIGN LATTER I WITH THE PINKY AND PUT THE FIRST MAKE A FIST THEN PUT OUT THE PINKY AND PUT THE FIST WITH THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON YOUR CHEST REMEMBER ALWAYS KEEP YOUR PALM FACEING THE OTHER PERSON!

I am trying to learn asl, but what is see?

SEE is Signed Exact English.

As to the "I" & "me", you have to remember that ASL is not signed English, even if the referents are English-language based. Signed Exact English says, "I won't go!", where ASL says, "me no go". Signed Exact English says, "Sorry, you missed that train.", where ASL says, "train go sorry".

ASL has it own syntax and that is why it uses "me" instead of "I".

Very well put DebyDavis! Also, ASL is considered a foreign language, like spanish. If I'm signing with someone who signs ASL, I have hard time understanding what they are saying, but then, I'm also learning myself.

What drives me nuts is I have an asl book and they say to sign everything but this video series my g/f is downloading says you don't have to which drives me bonkers.

it's like having a spoken conversation with someone, you know the context of the subject so you know usually what's going to be said next...it's kind of "lazy signing"...like when you're finger spelling and if the person knows what you're trying to sign in the middle of spelling it out then you don't have to finish spelling it. Don't let it drive you nuts..cuz it will, I do recommend if you can taking a class to see someone sign because books and videos can be some what confusing. http://www.seecenter.org/ here is a link to Signing in exact engish. i took a class over the summer in dallas. I learned more than I ever did from the book.

Well my partner is deaf and the way she has always signed "I" was pointing to herself. That just makes more sense. If you have anymore questions plz feel free to ask.

The "I" sign your talking about is VERY English. It all depends on what you really want to learn- ASL, SEE, etc. I personally never use that sign.

if you never use the word see then what word do you use for noticeor noticed. I am deaf now but was an interpeter so I can sign anyway and I wld have said to old man bear train no go or train go late but it all depemd on how YOU speak as for me I have spoken for over 40yrs then lost mine so I sign the way I speak unless Im talking to my soninlaw who was born deaf then use basic ASL