ASL Greetings: Learn Them With Video

Greetings are the first signs most people learn in American Sign Language, and the ones you will use every day. Hello, thank you, please, bye and I love you are enough to start a friendly exchange with a Deaf person, and each one is a single, clear movement.

Each sign below has a short looping video by a Deaf, fluent ASL signer. Play it, slow it to half speed, and copy the handshape, the location and the movement. Your face matters too, for example a smile with thank you. Each page also gives one short example sentence. This group follows the greetings category in the AISA School app, and a new page is added as each sign is filmed and checked.

Some greetings have more than one common version, and each page says when the video shows one of several. When you are ready, practice in AISA School with your camera and get instant feedback on your signing.

The signs

A Deaf signer signs BYE in ASL

Bye

A Deaf signer signs HELLO in ASL

Hello

A Deaf signer signs I-LOVE-YOU in ASL

I love you

A Deaf signer signs PLEASE in ASL

Please

A Deaf signer signs THANK-YOU in ASL

Thank you

A 5 minute practice plan

  1. Minute 1: watch each sign at half speed and copy it once.

  2. Minutes 2 and 3: sign each greeting three times, checking your handshape and location against the video.

  3. Minute 4: sign a short exchange without looking: HELLO, then THANK-YOU, then BYE.

  4. Minute 5: practice one sign in AISA School with your camera and get instant feedback.

Practice these signs in AISA School

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