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ASL Greetings and First Signs

These are the first twenty signs we teach, and the ones you will use in every conversation for the rest of your signing life. Hello, thank you, please, sorry, and the short introductions that follow them. Learn them in this order and you can greet a Deaf person politely by the end of the day.

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