How do you sign “Person” in ASL?
PERSON: PERSON in American Sign Language (ASL) names one human, whoever they are. More than one form of the sign is in use, and every variation is shown on this page. The video and GIF below demonstrate the sign.
PERSON — variant 1
PERSON — variant 2
When do you use the sign PERSON?
PERSON describes strangers, fills that-person stories, and builds into dozens of role words across the language. The occupations vocabulary leans on it constantly.
It appears in Lesson 4 of Book 1.
📖 PERSON is taught in Lesson 4 of ASLI 1: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →
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