American Sign Language Phrases
A great introduction to learning ASL is studying American Sign Language phrases. While doing this, you can get a great taste of vocabulary as well as begin to understand the difference between ASL grammar and English grammar.
For all of our phrase videos, we share the English phrase as well as the ASL gloss so you can study more easily. You can view them below:
American Sign Language Phrases
- “Beginning and ending a thought”
- 11 + 15 = 26
- 235 x 12 = 2,820
- 456 – 290 = 166
- 48 / 12 = 4
- Are you a student?
- Are you deaf?
- Are you hungry?
- Are you learning sign language?
- Are you married?
- Are your parents Deaf?
- At the beach we wear sun block, sunglasses, and use an umbrella for safe skin health.
- Can you (please) sign slower?
- Can you (please) sign that again?
- Can you fingerspell that again?
- Can you read lips?
- Could you go to the store and pick me up a pink volleyball?
- Do you have children?
- Do you mind if I borrow your car?
- Emergency! The tiger at the zoo got out of his cage and is hunting for food.
- Every morning I wake up happy because I sleep all night.
- Excuse me
- Excuse me I’m sorry to interrupt, but I have an important message.
- For this job you will need to check your email and clean your computer once a month.
- Germany makes the best cars for winter weather and they handle well in the snow.
- Good afternoon
- Good morning
- Goodbye
- Goodnight
- He replaced all his Spanish DVDs with Blu-ray discs.
- He went to use the ATM so he could pay off debt he owed to the government.
- Hello
- Her car is black and has a loud engine.
- Her grandson is my daughter’s friend.
- Her least favorite person got laid off from his job at Taco Bell.
- His brother was born with freckles and a lot of hair.
- Hockey is the best sport to watch live.
- How are you?
- How did you get here?
- How did you lose your hearing?
- How do you get to your daughters High School from the show?
- How do you wash your laundry and make your bed?
- How long have the two of them been engaged?
- How many siblings do you have?
- How much does it cost?
- How old are you?
- How was your weekend?
- I am 20 years old.
- I am a college student and I am majoring in biology.
- I am extremely hungry, I could eat breakfast, lunch and dinner right now!
- I am not married.
- I can’t sleep. I’ve been tossing and turning all night.
- I don’t feel good. I feel lousy.
- I don’t like football but I do like race car driving shows on Thursdays evenings.
- I don’t mind that you borrow the car, but would you mind filling the gas tank?
- I don’t understand.
- I don’t want to listen to rap music as it makes me vomit.
- I feel OK.
- I feel sick with a sore throat and an annoying headache.
- I feel tired.
- I feel wonderful.
- I have 1 brother and 2 sisters.
- I have 3 children.
- I have a question.
- I have an ugly dog that barks at night.
- I have to go home.
- I moved to New York around 1998.
- I need to fix my roof after this last rain storm.
- I put a camera on the top of my front door entrance.
- I took the bus to get to class.
- I want to introduce you to my friend Julie.
- I’ll be right back.
- I’m studying to be an interpreter.
- I’m taking ASL classes.
- Interesting.
- Is that right?
- Is that true?
- Is there a chair under your desk or is it in the dining room?
- Is your hotel near the junior high school or behind the library?
- My aunt lost her way through New York City while looking for the Yankee stadium.
- My cat is fat and lazy and she smells like fish.
- My cell phone can email, send text messages, and check voicemails.
- My father is a janitor at her son’s university.
- My garage needs new wood because of the flood.
- My house is having a new dishwasher and two new toilets installed.
- My landlord is spraying my apartment for bugs on Tuesday.
- My mom is nice but my dad is strict.
- My name is Deborah (name sign).
- My roommate is thin, smart and great at drawing.
- My uncle doesn’t want his kitchen table anymore and will sell it cheap.
- Next year I am going with my family to Washington DC to meet with Senator Morris and his wife.
- Nice to meet you.
- No, I’m not deaf, I’m hearing.
- Once a week in May my grandfather watches his favorite television show.
- Once upon a time
- One year after we bought our house our daughter was born.
- Science is the most important subject after language studies.
- See you later.
- She is very good at math but her brother is a star baseball player at his private school.
- Sorry, I already have plans.
- Sorry, I already lent the car to my sister.
- Sorry.
- Take care of yourself.
- Thank you.
- The art museum had silly paintings of strawberries and country sides.
- The Japanese army is planning an earthquake drill in Asia.
- The monkeys at the zoo remind me of my sister’s farm.
- The news online is not always right about our neighborhood.
- The parking lot next to the church is being built three stories tall.
- The play my father attended had dancing, piano music and a magical autumn set.
- The president is the leader of the armed services and makes important national decisions.
- The snake chases the rat into the dark tunnel.
- Their family went to China to see an expensive surgeon.
- There is no sign for that, you need to fingerspell it.
- Tomorrow is Christmas and then it will be New Years.
- Turn right by the playground and left after the movie theater.
- What are you doing?
- What did you/they say?
- What do you think?
- What does that mean?
- What does your mother do on Easter Sunday?
- What is your name?
- What is your phone number?
- What is your teacher’s name?
- What time?
- Where are you learning sign language?
- Where do you live?
- Where do you rank among your siblings?
- Where do you work?
- Where is the bathroom?
- Who do you live with?
- Who is your teacher?
- Why are you learning sign language?
- Would you like to go to dinner with me on Saturday?
- Write it please.
- Yes, please.
- Yes, thank you.
- You look busy. Would you like me to do the dishes for you?
- You sign very fluently.
- You’re welcome.
- Your freezer is leaking water on the rug and it is messy.
- Your neighbor is very rich and stubborn.
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I just finished ASL 1102 at my college, and I want to continue learning ASL 3 and up. I don’t want to have to purchase ASL 1 and 2 when I have already done them. Is there a way to just purchase ASL 3?
hi, Im taking class at college in my hometown. but its hard for me to understand it. what does the sign mean when your hand in a fist with the thumb out, touching the chin than sliding it out?
Hello Jenni! You can message us with any questions about the content here: https://www.startasl.com/contact-us/. It sounds like the sign for “girl”, but I am not sure which videos you have watched.