How do you sign “No” in ASL?
NO: NO in American Sign Language (ASL) refuses, denies, or disagrees. Watch the video and animation below to see it signed.
When do you use NO in ASL?
NO handles refusals plain and polite, and like YES it recruits the head; a headshake spreads across the whole phrase it negates. That interplay between hand and head is one of the first pieces of real ASL grammar a student meets.
Lesson 1 of the challenge introduces it with the other first-day signs.
📖 NO is taught in Lesson 1 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →
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