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What is being signed (English Meaning)

WAS

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• AGO (as in "in the more recent past- a few minutes ago, a short time ago, or a little while ago")
• BACK (as in "previously, in the past")
• BEFORE (as in "the past")
• LAST (as in "in the past")
• PAST
• PREVIOUSLY
• USED TO (as in "used to or in the past")
• WAS
• WERE (as in "second person singular past or plural past")

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Sign Notice

The distance your hand goes back and the number for movements shows how long ago it was. This is the shortest time ago. There is no sign for this word in ASL. The meaning is incorporated into the context of the overall message being signed.

Sign Variations for this Word

• Variation 1 - ASL
• Variation 2 - ASL
• Variation 3 - ASL
• Variation 4 - English
• Variation 5 - Fingerspelled

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