How To Sign Person in American Sign Language ASL

Reposted from Instagram- @signedwithheart — I know the video title gives away the fingerspelled word. 😅 I had to have a title for the video. But I will create more fingerspelling practice video in the future without giving away in the video titles. :)

About the signs for “Person”… there are two different versions- the initialized version and the non-initialized version. Initialized signs are signs that use the handshape of a letter like letter P for Person. Some signs in American Sign Language are initialized with a handshape of the first letter of a word… like for examples, C for cousin, A for aunt, N for niece / nephew.

The non-initialized version of “person” is more commonly used but both are used, so either is fine. The non-initialized sign for “person” is used at the end for occupation words ending -er like teacher, photographer, manager, etc, like “teach” + “person” for Teacher. It’s the same for words that do not end with -er but are occupation words like artist, actor, etc, you sign “person” at the end, “art” + “person” for artist.

If you aren’t able to identify letters on the spot at the slowest speed, I encourage you to sign up for the Fingerspelling 101: The Alphabet mini online course. You might know the alphabet but you probably need more practice identifying letters on the spot and that will really help with your fingerspelling receptivity making it easier to practice reading fingerspelling. And it’s only $15! :)

Linked here to sign up: https://signedwithheart.teachable.com/p/fingerspelling101

Now, tell me, have you met a Deaf person before, or have you seen one before? I love stories so share away! 😄

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