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hi, I’m a new asl learner!!

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Scarlet Hayes

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8/21/2026
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I’m learning asl for a friend so we can communicate better, and I know the basics for a basic greeting. Hi, and her sign name. But how do you ask how are you?

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Maria S

8/22/2026

Hi! I've only been here for eleven days but if I remember correctly the question word comes at the end so you "say" something like: you how?

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Lou Masters

8/22/2026

well "how are you" is actually one of the phrases in the dictionary for this app. you do the sign for how and then point at the person for the you sign but really you would just do the sign for how and furrow your brow for the WH question facial expression and drop the you sign because it's just understood that your already talking to the person. also it can be nice asking real people but for simple things like that it's probably much faster to just Google something like "ASL how are you" and most of the time you'll find a you tube videos demonstrating it for you with in seconds

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Maria S

8/22/2026

You can also go to the vocabulary... it's a red book next to the classification. If you search there, you'll find what you want.

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RiverCrochets

8/22/2026

you right

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Sierra

8/22/2026

👍🏼👍🏼🫵you make two thumbs up and rub the side of your fingers that are scrunched, rub against both of them the opposite way for each hand, and then point to the person

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Fernando Escalante cota

8/23/2026

hola

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