Learn Indexing and possessive pronouns! See how to sign I, ME, YOU, WE, SHE, HE, THEY, IT, THEM, HERS, HIS, MINE, MY, YOUR, YOURS, THEIRS, OURS, and more all in American Sign Language for beginner learners in this lesson. Example sentences are written in English below.

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A few tips:
Indexing pronouns (me, you, he, she, it, they) use the index finger to point toward the person or thing being discussed. This does not distinguish between genders! It also does not distinguish between subject (eg: "I") vs object (eg: "me").
For "we", "they", "you" you can also use numbers to make clear who is part of the referred group. This would translate roughly as "the two of you", or "the three of them", or "the four of us", etc., or simply as a more specific "we", "you", "they".
Possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, its) use the flat palm, palm directed toward the owner. This also doesn't distinguish gender.

When translating English to ASL, watch out for "her", which can be either indexing (eg: "I like her") or possessive ("I like her book"). As the object of the sentence, use your index finger. As the possessive, use the flat palm.



TIMESTAMPS with example sentences, too:
0:20 Indexing pronouns intro screen
0:23 ME / I
0:33 YOU
0:45 SHE / HE / IT / singular THEY
0:52 "The BOY there..." (HE)
0:57 "The CHAIR there..." (IT)
1:03 "He is a student." "It is comfortable."
1:10 Plural indexing intro screen
1:16 THEY / THEM
1:40 WE / US
2:07 YOU (plural, like "you all")
2:15 "The two of us" / "we" for 2 people including the signer
2:32 "The two of us" / "we" for 2 people including the signer and the person they're signing to
2:55 "The three of us" / "we", and then "The three of you"
3:13 "The four of you"
3:23 "The five of you" and then "the five of us"

3:36 Possessive pronouns intro screen
3:47 MY
4:02 YOUR
4:21 HER / HIS / ITS / singular THEIR (possessive)
4:30 "The boy there, it's HIS.. something." "The girl there, it's HER (something)"
4:45 OUR / OURS
5:03 YOUR (plural)
5:08 THEIR / THEIRS
5:14 MINE
5:24 YOURS
5:29 HERS / HIS / ITS / singular THEIRS

5:37 Example sentences
5:48: "I am a girl" (ME GIRL)
5:52 "I am a teacher" (ME TEACHER)
5:55 "You are a boy" (YOU BOY)
5:58 "You are hardofhearing" (YOU HARDOFHEARING)
6:02 "The woman there, she is deaf." (WOMAN (there/point), SHE DEAF)
6:11 "Her friend is hearing" (HER FRIEND HEARING)
6:23 "My sister and I like to read." (MY SISTER (there/point), TWOOFUS LIKE READ)
6:39 "Is your teacher nice?" (YOUR TEACHER NICE?) (raise eyebrows to be asking this yes/no question)
6:49 "The chair is comfortable." (CHAIR (there/point), IT COMFORTABLE)
7:00 "My book is good." (MY BOOK GOOD)
7:10 "Can I borrow your book?" (YOUR BOOK, I BORROW?) (raise eyebrows to be asking this yes/no question)
7:20 "The computer there is mine." (COMPUTER (there/point), MINE)
7:29 "Is the water there yours?") (WATER (there/point), YOURS?") (raise eyebrows to be asking this yes/no question)
7:38 "We're hungry." (WE HUNGRY)
7:45 "Do you three want to eat?" (THREEOFYOU WANT EAT?) (raise eyebrows to be asking this yes/no question)

7:56 Review



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