Kamalejont Chameleon
Hemm 2 verżjonijiet ta' dan is-sinjal. Agħfas il-buttuni hawn taħt biex tara l-istampi, il-kitba u l-vidjows.
There are 2 versions of this sign. Use the butttons below to view the photographs, signwriting and videos.
Hemm żewġ sinjali differenti għal KAMALEONTE. L-ewwel sinjal isir biż-żewġ idejn, bl-ewwel tlett iswaba’ mgħawġin. Id waħda taqbeż ’il barra minn quddiem il-geddum waqt li t-tlett iswaba’ jinfetħu u jingħalqu. Imbagħad iż-żewġ idejn jagħmlu l-istess imma iktar ’l isfel, ’il barra fil ġnub.
It-tieni sinjal għandu żewġ partijiet: (jew i) Fl-ewwel parti, l-idejn jieħdu l-forma ta’ Ċ żgħira u jaqbżu ’l quddiem waħda wara l-oħra. (jew ii) Fit-tieni parti, id waħda tinbidel fil-forma ta’ L bil-werrej iħares ’il fuq u jitla’ quddiem il-ħalq. L-id taqbeż bi skoss ’il quddiem nett. Dan il-moviment jirrapreżenta l-kamaleont hu u jaqbad xi insett b’ilsienu.
Għal kamalejont żgħir jew kbir is-sinjal għal ŻGĦIR jew is-sinjal għal KBIR isir miż-żewġ idejn forma ta’ Ċ. Id-distanza bejn l-idejn tindika d-daqs tal-kamalejont. Dawn is-sinjali jiġu wara s-sinjal għal KAMALEJONT.
Is-sinjal għal ĦAFNA jintuża għaIl-plural wara s-sinjal għal KAMALEJONT. Ġieli tintuża classifier. F’dan il-każ, l-id forma ta’ X tista’ titqiegħed f’ħafna postijiet fiż-żona tas-sinjali qisu hemmhekk qed jitpoġġew ħafna kamaleonti.
Meta n-nom KAMALEJONT ikun is-suġġett ta’ verb ta’ moviment, l-id tieħu l-forma ta’ X biex jintuża bħala classifier meta ssir referenza għal xi azzjoni jew xi kwalità tal-kamalejont fis-sentenza.
There are two different signs for CHAMELEON. The first sign is made with both hands. The first three fingers of both hands are curved. One hand jumps outwards from in front of the chin whilst the three fingers open and close. Then both hands repeat this further but further down and outwards at the sides.
The second sign has two parts: (jew i) First, the hands form the shape of small Ċ amd jump forward one at a time. (jew ii) In the second part, one hand changes to an L shape with the index finger pointing upwards and moves up in front of the mouth. The hand moves in one jerky quick movement forward as when the chameleon catches an insect with its tongue.
To refer to a small or a large chameleon, the sign for SMALL or the sign for BIG is made with two hands in the shape of C with the distance between the hands indicating the relative size of the chameleon. The sign for CHAMELEON precedes the sign for SMALL or BIG.
The sign for MANY is used to signal the plural after the sign for CHAMELEON. Sometimes a classifier is used. In this case, the hand in the shape of X is placed in several places in the signing space as though several chameleons were being placed there.
When the noun CHAMELEON is used as the subject of a verb of movement, one hand in the shape of X is used as a classifier when reference is made to some action or quality related to the chameleon in the sentence.