How do you sign “What” in ASL?
WHAT: WHAT in American Sign Language (ASL) asks for information, and it has more than one accepted form. The videos and animations below show two common variants of the sign.
WHAT — variant 1
WHAT — variant 2
How is WHAT used in ASL questions?
WHAT belongs to the core WH-question family with WHO, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, and HOW. ASL often has more than one accepted way to produce a question word; which variant you meet may depend on region, age, or setting, and both common forms appear on this page. Like all WH-questions in ASL, it is accompanied by question-marking facial grammar.
Lesson 5 of the challenge is devoted to this question family, where you learn to ask real questions and understand the answers.
📖 WHAT is taught in Lesson 5 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →
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