How do you sign “Please” in ASL?
PLEASE: PLEASE in American Sign Language (ASL) softens a request, the same courtesy work the English word does. The video and animated demonstration below show the sign.
When do you use the sign PLEASE?
PLEASE appears wherever you ask for something: passing an item at the table, requesting help, asking a teacher to repeat. Courtesy matters in Deaf community etiquette just as spoken manners do, and this is among the first signs a new student uses in a real exchange.
Lesson 1 of the challenge teaches it alongside THANK YOU and SORRY.
📖 PLEASE is taught in Lesson 1 of ASLI 1: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →
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