Greetings, Farewells and Introductions in ASL

Description
Greetings, Farewells and Introductions are among the first signs one needs to know when communicating in ASL, American Sign Language. You’ll use these signs in nearly every ASL conversation you’ll have. There are about 25 signs that we go over in this video before learning a few sentences that you can immediately take with you. We’ll even cover some slang. Don’t forget to Subscribe!
Be sure to check out our series 150 Essential Signs as well. We believe that with these 150 words added to your ASL vocabulary you can carry on a conversation with any wing in American Sign Language. • 150 Essential ASL Signs
Check out our new website! LearnHowToSign.org It's a great resource for just that, learning how to sign!
NAVIGATION
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Culture - How to get a deaf persons attention
GREETINGS
1:09 - Hi
1:16 - Hello
1:25 - How are you?
1:40 - What’s up?
1:52 - Good or well
2:04 - Morning
2:12 - Afternoon
2:21 - Night
2:29 - Morning, afternoon and night
FAREWELLS
2:50 - Good-bye
2:58 - See you later
3:08 - Take care
3:19 - Nice to meet you
3:32 - Same here
3:43 - See
3:52 - Later
4:00 - Tomorrow
4:09 - Culture - Deaf Good-byes
INTRODUCTIONS
4:47 - Friend
4:56 - Introduce
5:06 - Meet
5:14 - Hearing
5:22 - Hard of hearing
5:31 - Deaf
5:41 - My or mine
5:49 - Name
5:58 - Want
SENTENCES
6:13 - My name is Meredith
6:31 - Culture - Sign Name
6:44 - I want to introduce my friend
7:00 - His name is Brian
7:22 - I’m hearing. I’m learning ASL
7:40 - What’s up?
7:57 - See you later
8:06 - Love, Love, Love to everybody
8:17 - Outro
Thanks for watching!!!
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Quick question on the closing signs. You signed, I hearing, I. Then, I learning ASL, I. So is the closing sign for each sentence, or at the end of what you are saying to indicate you are done and it is the other person’s turn, like on a newscast, “Over to you, Brian.”

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Lol love your explanation. And yes, the closing signal is showing you are completing your thought. You can also close the sentence at the end by point back when indicating a question.

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My husband uses the Adobe Suite.

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Thank you for your amazing videos. I've recently started learning ASL and your videos are the most helpful. Also, a question, at 6:24 , you explained that only a deaf person can give you a sign name and it's a very special thing in deaf culture. So does that mean for example I as a hearing person shouldn't do it? Is it considered offensive?

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Hi there! Thank you so much for this information! I am trying to learn a little more ASL in order to communicate a little better with my student's parents who are deaf. For the "how" in "how are you?", it looks like there is a slight variation. Is it more polite to use the twisting motion or both thumbs together?

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When introducing yourself, can you use the sign for my ate the end just like you did for introducing someone else.