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How to Sign "I love you" in ASL

Category: Feelings
Handshape: ILY (thumb, index, and pinky extended)

Step-by-step

  1. Extend your thumb, index finger, and pinky. Tuck your middle and ring fingers down.
  2. Face your palm toward the person you are signing to.
  3. Hold or gently shake the hand once.

Deaf-culture tip

This is one handshape combining the fingerspelled I, L, and Y.

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