Basic Guide for Communication in Catalan Sign Language

4.3. The Family
In this part of the unit we will first see two signs, woman and man, which from now on will also help us express gender in sign language.
In sign language, gender is not used to create grammatical concordances, as happens in Catalan or Spanish (Un llibre verd / Una taula verda). It is only used to distinguish between women and men.
Professor-female Professor-male
There are other ways of distinguishing genders, for example with lexical opposites.
Generally, if the gender is not specified then we are talking about the male gender. Therefore, the feminine gender will always be the one marked. Here we will mark both options to become familiar with the two.
Let’s practice LSC signs for family members with the help of these videos.
