I have learned about 160 words. I know a lot of random words, but I'm currently working on putting together sentences. I need to learn more verbs.
Most of the words that I know are objects or actions where the sign is similar to what you actually do (like painting or writing). The nouns are normally easy to remember because if you picture the object in your mind and either move your hands to look like the object or move your hands to show what you do with the object, then you will probably guess then sign. I think I actually exceeded my vocabulary goals. Learning basic words was much easier than I expected it to be. If I practice a sign a few times, it becomes almost like muscle memory and it becomes much harder to forget.
I think my goals have been pretty realistic so far. I actually didn't know I would be able to learn so many words so quickly, so I'm pretty happy with how many words I know at this point.
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