To sign I love you in ASL, raise your dominant hand to about shoulder height with the palm facing out. Extend your thumb, index finger and pinky, and fold your middle and ring fingers down. Hold the hand still. The handshape combines the ASL letters I, L and Y.
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How to sign it
Handshape: thumb, index finger and pinky extended; middle and ring fingers folded down.
Location: in front of your shoulder, at about shoulder height.
Movement: hold the hand still.
Palm orientation: the palm faces out, toward the person.
Use it in a sentence
GRANDMA, I-LOVE-YOU
I love you, Grandma.
This one-hand sign is informal. Lifeprint notes that the LOVE sign with crossed arms is more formal.
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