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HOW

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• HOW

Examples of Usage

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English Sentence

Hello, how are you?

ASL Gloss

HI. HOW YOU?

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English Sentence

How are you?

ASL Gloss

HOW YOU?

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I like to take the train to Chicago.

ASL Gloss

GO-TO CHICAGO HOW? TRAIN PREFER I.

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Dr. Charles Nicolle was born hearing but became deaf by the age of 20. He was the first deaf person to receive a Nobel Prize. It was for discovering Typhus is spread by lice.

ASL Gloss

D-R C-H-A-R-L-E-S N-I-C-O-L-L-E HE BORN HEARING EAR DETERIORATE AGE 20 FULL DEAF. HE FIRST DEAF GET N-O-B-E-L P-R-I-Z-E FOR DISCOVERING T-Y-P-H-U-S OUTBREAK START HOW? FROM L-I-C-E

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When I was a Girl Scout, I learned how to build a fire.

ASL Gloss

LONG TIME AGO ME SMALL ME GIRL SCOUT FIRE LEARN HOW-TO BUILD.

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You have to take a boat to get to Mackinac Island.

ASL Gloss

M-A-C-K-I-N-A-C ISLAND GO-TO HOW? BOAT MUST YOU.

Sign Variations for this Word

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

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