150 Essential ASL Signs | Part 1 | Common and Descriptive Signs

Hey Signers, welcome to Learn How to Sign.  I'm so excited for you to see our new space.   My husband is a video director and whenever  their offices are closed we get free reign.   It really pays to be married to a video  director. Today we're doing the first   of a series of videos where we tackle  150 signs that we feel are essential  Wait, what? I know 150 signs   are a lot of words but I promise you can do it.  We're breaking down these videos into six bite   size videos where you will spend a good amount of  time with each word by the end of the series you   should be able to carry on a basic conversation  with a deaf person. How cool is that? Cool-Cool.  In this video we're specifically going to  focus on common signs and descriptions.   Be sure to stick around to the end of the video  because we have some bonus content where you'll   learn how to use these common signs in sentences.  Be sure to like subscribe and be notified.   Also check out our website learnhowtosign.org  which is a great resource to help you learn   American Sign Language. So let's learn  how to sign 150 essential signs in ASL.   First we are going to learn some common signs  and common signs are just that it's signs that   you will see and use in everyday conversation  with the deaf person so let's get started.  DON'T-WANT DON'T-WANT You flick your hands down   because you don't want it. DON'T-WANT  FINISH or DONE And also when you sign it you go "FISH"  FINISH FORGET FORGET  It's like the thought that  was there just got wiped away.  FORGET GO GO  Your fingers move forward  like you're going somewhere.  GO HELLO HELLO  You've got your hand right up here  at your forehead and it's coming out.  HELLO HELP HELP  The old sign used to be help like somebody was   helping somebody across the street  and then it changed into....  HELP HOW-ARE YOU HOW-ARE YOU  You're making the sign how and you're  pointing to somebody with your eyebrows down.  HOW-ARE YOU HOW-ARE YOU LIKE LIKE  You're using your thumb and your middle  finger and pulling it out from your body.  LIKE MORE MORE  Their flat o hands touching together. MORE  NEED NEED You're doing an   x hand and bouncing it a couple times need.  NICE TO-MEET YOU NICE TO-MEET YOU The sign nice with your people meeting each other   and pointing to the person. NICE TO-MEET YOU  NO NO It's like the letter n and o put together.  NO NOT DON'T or DOESN'T  Your thumb is coming out  from the bottom of your chin.  NOT DON'T or DOESN'T PLEASE PLEASE  It's a flat hand making a circle on your chest. PLEASE  RIGHT as in CORRECT Your index fingers   go right on top of each other. RIGHT  THANK-YOU THANK-YOU Your hand is coming out from your chin.  THANK-YOU WANT WANT  You have bent five hands bringing it in towards   yourself. WANT  WRONG WRONG A y hand is coming up to your chin.  WRONG YES YES  Your hand is representing your head nodding. YES  Keep practicing and practice these every day  and you'll be signing in no time. Now we're   going to learn how to sign descriptions. These  are just signs that we use to describe people   and things. Now when signing about descriptions  it's extremely important to use body language   and facial expression when you're signing.  It may feel a little awkward but this is so   important to show the intensity of the sign and  even the meaning. For example, we have the sign   SCARED but if we don't use any facial expression  it doesn't mean anything but when we put facial   expression with it it's showing the intensity  of how scared you are. So you could be or   showing the difference of SCARED or TERRIFIED.  So let's learn how to sign descriptions.  BAD BAD It's the opposite of good just flips around.  BAD BUSY   BUSY Now if you're really busy you go........to   show you're really busy. BUSY FINE FINE Your five hand   is coming right up to your chest. FINE  GOOD or WELL Your dominant hand is coming from your   chin down to your non-dominant. GOOD or WELL  HAPPY HAPPY Your hands are flat and they're on your chest   moving up. HAPPY SAD SAD Your hands are bringing your sadness down.  SAD SAME SAME  This y hand is showing that something's the same same or same here.  SAME SO-SO SO-S  Your hand is flipping back and forth. SO-SO  Now we are going to learn some basic sentences in  ASL structure that you can use in conversation.   Before we begin you need to know that there is  a difference between English structure and ASL   structure. If I was going to say "Are you ready?",  I would sign YOU READY YOU so "YOU READY YOU?" How are you? How   and you and whenever you do it make sure  your eyebrows go down when you sign it. I'm happy. ME HAPPY ME  When you're signing it you're going to point  to yourself say what you are and then point   back to yourself again what's  called a closing signal. Hello, nice to meet you.  The hello sign and then nice with your  people meaning and point to the person. I need help. I NEE HELP I  You're pointing to yourself saying that you need  help and then ending it with that closing signal. Yeah, same here. YES SAME  The sign yes with that ME-TOO sign. You finished? YOU FINISHED YOU  You're pointing to the person signing finished   and ending with you and your eyebrows  up because you're asking a question. Okay so the tornado siren's going  off so why don't we learn about that.  TORNADO and it's like the sign  BELL so or TORNADO WARNING.  TORNADO BELL TORNADO WARNING  Just another one that you can learn today. Hopefully you learned something today. I   encourage you to keep at it repetition goes a long  way when you're learning a new language. Practice   with your friends and family. Meet up with deaf  people in your community. There are often deaf   meetups that exist to help build community, not  just among deaf people but also hearing people   that are wanting to learn and connect. We're  making videos just like this every week so be   sure to subscribe if you haven't already.  Until next time keep learning how to sign.

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Length: 9min 15sec (555 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 20 2020