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In this section I'm going to teach you some directional verbs like the sign
go. We have this individual sign go like this but whenever you move it, you can go over here,
go over here, or come here. So I want you to remember that if you have verbs you can move them
around and manipulate them so you can show the way that you're going, the way that you're giving,
the way that you're asking a question, and this will add even more to your conversations.
'Go,
go,' your fingers move forward like you're going somewhere 'go.' 'Come, come,' it's the sign
go to but moving in towards yourself 'come.' 'Help, help,' this used to be the old sign for help like
you were helping somebody across the street and then it changed in to this. You can also
do this directionally. Helping you, helping me, or helping everybody, or helping somebody else 'help.'
'Give, give,'
this is a 'flat O' hand and it's moving toward the person you're giving.
You can give to you, give to me, hand out to everybody, or give to someone else 'give.'
'Ask, ask,' it's an 'index finger moving to a bent finger', kind of like a question mark
and I can ask you, you can ask me, I can ask everybody, or tons of people can ask me 'ask.' 'Need, need,'
you're doing an 'X' hand and bouncing it a couple times 'need.' 'More,
more,' they're 'flat O' hands touching together 'more.' 'Practice, practice,'
your non-dominant hand is an index finger and your dominant is moving
back and forth on top of it 'practice.' 'Bathroom, bathroom,'
you have a 'T' hand shaking it back and forth like for the sign toilet 'bathroom.' 'Restaurant, restaurant,'
you have an 'R-shaped' hand moving it from one side to the other. Think of a napkin and dabbing off the
food 'restaurant.' 'See, see,' your fingers are representing your eyes looking at something 'see.' 'Chat, chat,'
because Deaf people use their hands to chat 'chat.' 'Say, say,' your index finger is coming right
here at your chin 'say.' 'Know, know,' you're tapping your forehead like you know that something's in there
but people who know sign language sometimes do this the sign know down here 'know.' 'Don't know,
don't know,' you're flicking your hand away because you don't know something
'don't know.' 'When, when,' think of the hand of a clock moving around 'when.' 'Where, where,'
your index finger is searching like a compass where's north
'where.' 'Who or who,' I like to think of an owl going hoo hoo, 'who or who.'
'Why or why,' you're wiggling or it's pulling out to a 'Y' hand 'why or why.' 'Which, which,'
it's like you're balancing which one you prefer 'which.' 'Favorite, favorite,'
you're using this feeler finger and putting it right here on your chin meaning like you
prefer something 'favorite.' Before we move on to learning about time signs,
we're going to put these signs into sentences. Where is the bathroom? 'Bathroom where?'
What did you say? 'Say what?'
Can you please help me practice? 'Help-me practice please?'
This section is all about time. Now whenever we're learning time in terms
of sign language, we need to remember one rule, that your body is a timeline. Think of this.
When you have something that happens in the past all of those signs are going to go behind you.
'Past, behind.' But if it's something in the future it moves forward in front of your body
the further back you go or the further forward you go is further away from the present time.
Now for present time, it is right here in this neutral space in front of our body.
Hopefully this kind of gives you an idea of how these signs expand as you're signing time.
'Year,
year,' imagine this is the sun and this is the earth going around in one year 'year.'
'Month, month,' looking at a calendar you're going down looking at the whole month 'month.' 'Yesterday, yesterday,'
you have an 'A-shaped' hand with your thumb out and moving it from your chin back to your jaw.
It is moving slightly into the past because it happened just in the past 'yesterday.' 'Tomorrow, tomorrow,'
your thumb flicks forward into the future 'tomorrow.' 'Week, week,'
it's like your calendar's in your hand and it's drawing a line across the whole week, 'week.'
'Weekend, weekend,' you're doing the sign week and cutting it off at the end for the weekend,
'weekend.' 'Day, day,' you're doing the letter 'D hand,' showing the sun going through the day 'day.'
'Time, time,' you're just pointing to your watch 'time.' 'Late, late,'
you're pushing it back like into the past 'late.' 'Haven't, not yet,'
make sure that you shake your head back and forth when you do this 'haven't, not yet.' 'Past, past,'
your body is a timeline and this is going back behind you referencing to the past, 'past.'
'Will, will,' you have a 'flat hand' up to the side of your cheek moving it out forward just a little
bit. It looks very close to like the sign future. Future goes out further, will is a shorter distance
'will.' 'Finish or done,' and also when you sign it you go, [fshh] 'finish.' Now that you learned all
of these signs about time let's put them into sentences. What time is it? 'Time what?'
All done. 'All-done [fshh].'
You did it! Like I said earlier, don't stop here. Go check out our other videos like this one
right here or our Accelerated Program to learn another 99 signs or even 999. You've started
building a great foundation, keep building on it. Until next time keep learning how to sign 🤟