To sign "do you have," you will use the standard sign for "have" combined with the facial expression for a yes/no question. Form both hands into bent "B" handshapes, keeping your fingers together and bent at the knuckles. Bring the fingertips of both hands in to touch your chest. Crucially, as you make this motion, raise your eyebrows, widen your eyes slightly, and tilt your head forward to indicate that you are asking a question.
Sign "PEN", then sign "DO YOU HAVE" by bringing your bent "B" hands to your chest while raising your eyebrows. In ASL, the topic (pen) often comes before the question.
Sign "TODAY", then "TIME", and finish with the "DO YOU HAVE" sign. Remember to keep your eyebrows raised throughout the question to make your meaning clear.
Sign "BROTHER", then "SISTER", and finally "DO YOU HAVE". The raised eyebrows on the final sign turn the entire sentence into a yes/no question.
Sign "PEN", then sign "DO YOU HAVE" by bringing your bent "B" hands to your chest while raising your eyebrows. In ASL, the topic (pen) often comes before the question.
Sign "TODAY", then "TIME", and finish with the "DO YOU HAVE" sign. Remember to keep your eyebrows raised throughout the question to make your meaning clear.
Sign "BROTHER", then "SISTER", and finally "DO YOU HAVE". The raised eyebrows on the final sign turn the entire sentence into a yes/no question.
Not necessarily! In ASL, eye contact and the direction of your question often make it clear who you are asking. Signing "HAVE" with raised eyebrows while looking directly at someone perfectly conveys "Do you have?" without needing a separate sign for "you."
In ASL, facial expressions act as grammar. Raised eyebrows are the specific grammatical marker for a yes/no question. Without them, your sign just means the statement "have" or "I have."
No, this sign is strictly for possession (owning or possessing an item, or having a sibling). If you want to ask if someone "has to" or "must" do something, you would use the sign for "MUST/NEED" instead.
