To sign 'how are you doing', start with both hands in curved shapes, with your knuckles touching and palms facing your chest. Roll both hands forward and outward until your palms are facing upward. Because this is a question, remember to furrow your eyebrows and maintain eye contact with the person you are asking.
Sign 'HEY', then perform the 'HOW' rolling motion while furrowing your eyebrows, followed by the sign for 'TODAY'.
Start with the sign for 'LONG-TIME NO-SEE', then use the 'HOW' sign with a warm, questioning facial expression.
Sign 'YOUR NEW WORK', then sign 'HOW', keeping your eyebrows furrowed to clearly indicate you are asking a question.
Sign 'HEY', then perform the 'HOW' rolling motion while furrowing your eyebrows, followed by the sign for 'TODAY'.
Start with the sign for 'LONG-TIME NO-SEE', then use the 'HOW' sign with a warm, questioning facial expression.
Sign 'YOUR NEW WORK', then sign 'HOW', keeping your eyebrows furrowed to clearly indicate you are asking a question.
In many casual contexts, signing 'HOW' with the correct questioning facial expression and direct eye contact is enough to mean 'How are you doing?'. However, adding a point for 'YOU' is also very common and perfectly correct.
In ASL, furrowed eyebrows are the grammatical marker for 'WH-questions' (who, what, where, when, why, how). It signals to the other person that you are asking an open-ended question rather than a simple yes/no question.
Yes! The base sign is 'HOW', so you can use it in other contexts to ask 'How do I do this?' or 'How does that work?' by combining it with the relevant signs.
