Hey there! It's Taylor, and in today's lesson we're learning even more basic ASL signs. Just like the
previous video, we'll be covering various signs that could prove useful in your everyday life.
So, get your hands ready, do a couple of wrist stretches, and let's start signing!
Now I don't know about you, but I am super excited for today's lesson, and I know I say it all the
time, but feel free to sign along with me or pause the video as needed to practice on your own.
The first sign we're going to learn is "hello." Signing hello in ASL isn't too different from
how you might say hello in general! You can either wave like this: hello.
Or do something like this: hi. Or something like this: hey.
The possibilities are endless. Pretty easy, right? Next, we'll discuss how to say goodbye.
Kind of like hello, saying goodbye is as simple as doing a wave goodbye like you would normally do.
Goodbye! You can also sign "See you later," which looks like this.
You start with your dominant hand forming a two, you bring it up to reference your eye, see,
and then you bring it forward switching to a sideways L, later. See you later.
[cough] [cough] You may have seen me do the sign many a times at the end of every ASL video. [cough]
Now we'll cover how to sign "good" in ASL. Good is signed like this.
It's very similar to thank you. Your dominant hand forms a closed five and starting with your fingers
at your chin you move your hand outward like so. Good. You may also see people sign it like this,
where they bring their dominant hand down to hit the palm of their non-dominant hand.
Good. Both ways are correct. OK, since we now know how to sign "good"
in ASL, let's cover the sign for "bad," which looks like this.
Just like good, you form a closed five with your dominant hand and you start with your fingers at
your chin; however, as you move outward you'll turn your palm away from you. Bad. And similar
to good, you may also see people sign it like this, with their non-dominant hand as well. Bad.
Now let's learn how to sign "good morning." "Good morning" in ASL looks like this. First,
you sign "good," which we just learned and then you sign "morning," which looks like this. Your
non-dominant arm sits in the front like this with your fingers in the bendy part of the arm,
then your dominant arm bends up like so. If it helps you to remember,
you can think of your arm as the sun, and the sun is arising because it's morning. Good morning.
And what's the opposite of good morning? That's right, "good night," which looks like this.
You start with good again then you sign night. Your non-dominant hand sits like so
and your dominant hand forms a sort of bent five
as it comes down to rest on top of your non-dominant hand. Good night. Alright,
before we move forward let's do a review of all the signs we've covered so far. Ready? Hello,
goodbye, see you later, good, bad, good morning, and good night. Nice! Let's continue.
We're going to learn how to sign "sit" next, which looks like this.
Both your hands form closed twos, then your non-dominant hand rests like this, almost
like it's a little bench, and your dominant hand comes and sits down like it's two little legs.
At least that's how I like to think of it to help me remember!
Sit. OK, so now that we know "sit" we'll learn the sign for "stand" next, which looks like this.
Your non-dominant hand sits with the palm up and your dominant hand forms an
upside down open two, kind of like their two little legs, and then it comes to rest
like so. I like to think of these legs standing on a stage to help me remember.
Stand. Moving on, we're going to learn the sign for "more" which looks like this.
Both hands form a relaxed O hand shape and they tap each other at the fingertips. More.
Next, let's cover the sign for "understand." This sign is great in case you're ever in a situation
where something does or doesn't make sense to you
and you want to relay that. So to communicate that you understand something looks like this.
You bring your dominant hand to your temple and flick your pointer finger
repeatedly while you nod your head. This means "I understand."
Conversely, to communicate that you don't understand something looks like this.
It's the same movement of the finger flick at the temple,
but this time you shake your head "no" to communicate I don't understand.
The head movement is very important here because this is what really dictates the sign's meaning.
Now we'll go over the sign for "finished" or "complete," which looks like this.
Both hands form five hand shapes and starting with your palms facing you, you then twist out to end
with your palms facing away from you. Finished. This is a great sign to use when communicating
that you're done with something like maybe your mom asks if you're done with all of your chores
and you did do all of your chores so you can say "Yep, finished." Pretty cool, right?
Finally, we're going to learn the ASL applause sign. This sign is important because clapping
applause doesn't really help deaf individuals. Why? Because it's an auditory way of celebration.
ASL applause is visual and still communicates that same vibe of celebration,
so to applaud in ASL looks like this.
Both hands make five hand shapes, you bring them up like so, and rotate at the wrists.
Applause. OK, let's do another quick review of what we just learned starting with sit. Ready?
Sit, stand, more, I understand, I don't understand, finished,
and applause. Excellent! Alright, now you may already know what time it is but I'm gonna say
it anyway. It's time for one final review but this time I'm going to sign everything we've
learned in random order and your job is to guess out loud what each sign is. Easy peasy! Ready?
Perfect! Wow, give yourself a round of applause because you are crushing it! Make sure you're
practicing on your own and if you haven't already, try teaching your friends and family the signs
you've learned. That's one of the best ways to keep up with your skills and it might encourage
others to start learning ASL with you! Thanks for signing with me today, and as always, keep up
the good work, keep practicing, and I'll see you next time. Oh, and remember to always be clever!