| Sign Language for ‘Hello’ | | | | either by sign or by words. |
| Imagine that you’ve met a friend at a social | | | | Sign Language for ‘Welcome’ |
| function and you want to greet him. You’d most | | | | To make the sign for the word ‘welcome’ |
| likely want to say ‘hello’. So it would be | | | | just touch your fingertips to your forehead. Make |
| good to learn the sign for the word ‘hello’. | | | | sure your palm faces towards you. Now bring your |
| To say ‘hello’ using sign language, first hold | | | | hand down and towards your chest. This means that |
| out your right palm if you’re right handed or | | | | you are welcoming the person towards you. This is a |
| your left palm if you’re left handed. Now bring | | | | gesture to which people who know sign language |
| your palm to your forehead as if you are saluting | | | | respond to warmly. You can combine the signs for |
| your friend. But don’t make the salute too rigid | | | | ‘hello’ and ‘welcome’ when you |
| like someone in the army. Just be casual and bring | | | | greet someone at the door of your home and invite |
| your palm towards your forehead then move your | | | | them in. |
| palm outwards away from your forehead. Move it | | | | You can become quite proficient when you begin to |
| just a few inches away from your face and | | | | learn sign language by focusing on common greetings. |
| don’t bring your hand all the way down. This sign | | | | These help you to warm up to people and start |
| indicates that you have greeted your friend with a | | | | longer conversations using signs. |
| warm ‘hello’ which he can now respond to | | | | |