YOU (SINGULAR): Right index pointing outward.
you (sing.,informal)
to know
TO KNOW: Tips of right vertical hand, palm inward, placed against the forehead.
yes
YES: Right vertical “Y” palm outward, dropped frontward to prone; or, prone “Y” hand tapped into left supine palm.
we
WE: Right index tip against right shoulder, turned down to pointing right, and moved around, pointing out, until at left side it points against left shoulder.
I
I: Right index points to oneself.
never
NEVER: Right prone hand pointing outward, moved left-up-right-down and off to the right.
to study
TO STUDY: Hold open left hand as the page of a book; point all fingers of right hand at it; push fingers toward and draw away several times the while they are worked with a vibrating motion.
to teach
TO TEACH: Raise each of the hands to the corresponding side of the head on a level with the eyes; close ends of fingers against thumb (as in “&”); push the hands straight out from the head, and open the thumb and fingers, as if you had grasped something from the head and thrown it out toward some one else.
difficult
DIFFICULT: Place the “S” hands one above the other; then circle one around the other, moving both at the same time, the motion being outward and down (not from side to side). Make a show of some effort in moving the hands.
to believe
TO BELIEVE: Right vertical index, palm leftward, moved straight out from the lips to clasped hands, or right index tip from the forehead to clasped hands.