The American Sign Language Phrase Book (51 page)

By moving the sign for a day of the week downward, as done with TUESDAY here, you convey the idea of every week on that day.

Fingerspell JULY at the beginning of the sentence before the sign 4TH.

These signs also serve as ordinal numbers—i.e., first, second, third, etc.

The sign DOLLAR is used when the amount is over nine dollars or when speaking specifically of a bill, as in "a dollar bill." As here:

These signs are used only when speaking of these amounts by themselves, not when they are preceded by a dollar amount. For example, $3.09 would be signed as follows: