Category: Y
yes
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YES: Right vertical “Y” palm outward, dropped frontward to prone; or, prone “Y” hand tapped into left supine palm. (That’s it) (Same).
year
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YEAR: Place the “S” hands one above the other; with the right hand now encircle the left, passing the hand outward, and bring to rest in original position.
yesterday
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YESTERDAY: Place the “Y” hand with the end of the thumb at the corner of the mouth; throw the hand back and bring the thumb against the cheek again near the ear, or carry it a little farther back and throw it over the shoulder.
your (sing., informal)
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YOUR (singular): Right vertical palm pushed frontward.
you (plural)
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YOU (plural): Right index pointing outward to left, and moved rightward till hand points to right. (Motion can be from right to left also).
you (sing., informal)
![](https://projects.lib.rochester.edu/lsf-asl/wp-content/uploads/LSF-you.png)
YOU (singular): Right index pointing outward.
young
![lsf-young](https://projects.lib.rochester.edu/lsf-asl/wp-content/uploads/LSF-young.png)
YOUNG: Both bent hands, palms inward, with tips of fingers touching body at sides of chest, and brushed upwards several times briskly. (Youth)