welcome to sequestered signing week 1
day 3 we are continuing on with the
theme of introductions because
introductions are a very big deal in the
deaf community you need to be able to
introduce yourself to anyone and it's
not just the hey what's your name all my
name is and then you're done
no we want to know more about you
alright so we went over some basic
introduction things on day 1 and day 2
and now we're gonna continue today after
this video is over be sure you go to my
Instagram account ASL rachelle to get
the practice prompt that goes along with
it it'll say on the front week one day
three so you'll know you're in the right
spot
alright now let's get going
today's theme is meeting people so the
first freeze you're gonna learn is my
name so it'd be like my name is Rochelle
right we're just gonna learn the first
part my name okay so my name is what it
looks like
my is the open B handshape dominant hand
place it on your chest and then name is
the are the you hand shapes both hands
are in it non-dominant hand is down
below done dominant hand is on top and
you tap tap twice so it looks like if X
if you were like a bird's-eye view
camera here it looks like an X you're
forming an X here with your hands
tap the dominant hand twice you're not
moving this hand just the dominant hand
name my name so my name is Rochelle so I
go my name is Anne I fingers barbershop
I wouldn't say is my name alright now if
you're asked your name
you can go your name your name alright
so your is the open b handshape it's in
a slight angle like this and I'm pushing
forward so whoever I'm talking to I'm
aiming my palm at them so if I'm if
there's a group of people big I know
like three of the people but I don't
know this fourth person would be like
your name
I could go you're like you can't even
see my hand sorry you're I would point
it out to the side here or you're here
to the side so whomever that is your
palm is facing them your name right or
you can go you name you can also ask
this way your name and the third way you
can ask what somebody's name is you name
what you know you name what okay you
knew what so you know all those signs we
talked about what yesterday and you
talked about this one before you name
what far on your eyebrows what right so
the three ways your name your name
you're in him what
three ways you can ask all right um the
next thing is nice to meet you nice meet
you so you don't really need to sign the
you part you go nice so you've got the
open beat handshapes palm up and then
your dominant hand is pumped down so it
looks like this from above alright so
I'm starting here at the back of my rib
and you know my wrist area the back of
my palm bottom of my mom whatever and
then you slide off your hand
nice and then meat is your one hand
shapes your non-dominant hand is facing
you your dominant hand is facing out and
you bring these hands together meet well
sorry I'm in the whoops weird angle meat
there we go
me so nice to me so this is like one
person one person meeting each other
walking up so the line right and talking
to each other that's what that sign is
representing two bodies meeting alright
so nice to meet you
nice to meet you so you don't have to
point because I'm making eye contact
with them so it's implied but I'm
talking to them oh it's nice to meet you
okay nice to meet you okay now let's go
over the alphabet so you can practice
fingerspelling your name or other
people's names okay and we'll talk more
about fingerspelling on day five and
practice that a little bit more on some
rules and do's and don'ts there but
we're gonna go over the alphabet real
quick now I know a lot of people tell me
Oh Michelle I know the alphabet I
learned this in kindergarten
twenty years ago I learned this in third
grade like my TJ I know this I know this
if you learned with a chart it's highly
likely you don't know it correctly
if you learned it in elementary school
from a teacher that did not know sign
language you highly likely you learned
it incorrectly so a hundred percent
across the board I would like you just
to sit through this part of the video
and be like I'm gonna find out if I can
do this correctly I'm gonna prove or
show I'm gonna say I'm doing it right
okay so I want you to verify that you're
doing it correctly before you move on
okay so give me this peace of mind
all right so I'm gonna come a little
closer and we're gonna go through the
alphabet so because of the time
constraints I'm not gonna have to break
down all these signs a lot but all these
letters a lot so just pause and make
sure that you're getting it correct all
right
a is the first shape letter what does
this go a letter Hey
yes um is your hand is in this but your
fingers are straight down a lot of times
I'll see people curl their fingers in
you don't want to do that fingers are
down hey if thumb is up not curved and
not out straight up get your thumbs
straight up as you can
eh all right next time be B this is B so
your fingers are straightened together
and your thumb is just cooked across the
side you don't have to do it straight
across like this you can just have it
cooked in just like that right like that
B see you're curving your hand so it
looks like this looks like a see from
the side so you're just curving your
fingers you make sure your fingers are
together curve them down and curl it to
me you curl your thumb up to meet now
it's important that you know that your
hand is supposed to be palm out it's not
to the side palm is facing out
now to the side this is the most common
mistake I see with C its palm out
alright D so you're making your index
finger is straight up and you're forming
a circle with the remaining fingers
again most common mistake
I see his palm to the side your palm is
out you need to be able to see your
fingernails they need to be able to see
from your nails d E E is like this so
you put your thumb across your hand
these fingers are together and you curl
them down to meet your thumb so your
fingers need to be touching your thumb
not all four fingers because then it
looks funny so you just want your thumb
across and you can get like the two or
the three fingers on there but you want
these to be as straight as you can and
your pinkies just kind of tucked in
there just chillin right
so E if your hands are curved that means
your thumb is over too far right E
and you don't want out like this this is
a screaming E you want it down alright
next sign F F is for feathers alright so
if you get D and F mixed up you can
remember F is this because this looks
like little feathers and this is like
parakeet like a little bird head and the
little feathers sticking off the top of
their head okay so F of feathers again
palm is facing out F and you're making a
circle F G have your index finger
pointing to the side and your thumb so
it's like this looks like this but your
so this is the handshape you're making
like you're in a pinch somebody but
you're turning your wrist to the side so
my finger tips are going this way you
can also see G forward like that so you
can also sign it like that but the most
seen version is to the same H now you
just do your index finger and middle
finger off to the side here 8 I pinky is
up
that's it nice huh J pinkies up and out
draw jay jay jay if you're left-handed
Jay you certain you swoop in Jay K is I
really like doing the letter K it's a
good solid letter alright so this is
what it looks like okay let me show you
how to get into it so you do the V
handshape now push your middle finger
forward and it's automatically kind of
move your index finger straight up
alright so you're like this push it
forward alright and now I'm gonna put my
thumb right here on that knuckle boom
okay so this is K that's K so it looks
like the top part of okay my hands tired
okay so it's not like this it's straight
up and down so these are in line
vertical right okay almost X L capital L
some out in so thumb is across like for
an e these are straight and you place it
here on your thumb okay M pinkies tucked
in in is two fingers so it's not curved
down it's not curved down it's flat flat
those charts were curved because people
couldn't see the shape they wanted you
just to see the shape but it's flat flat
Oh
make a circle with your hand common
mistake is suicide keep it forward P is
the same as K so get into there K and
then drop your wrist so it's like this P
this is what it looks like from the side
from the front your index finger is
pointing straight out at the person and
your P your middle finger
down okay P Q is G but point it to this
to the ground
q Q all right Q R cross your fingers and
hope for joy right just cross your
fingers now it's not this huge cross you
just have your middle finger tucked
behind your index finger don't do like
this crazy cross it's just right here
our S is a fist like you're gonna punch
somebody your thumb is across right
T is this alright so make like your l
handshape put your thumb here and then
you're just resting your index finger on
your thumbnail like that see you don't
tuck it down like this you just have it
resting I have some light teeth you two
fingers are together like the letter you
write v looks like a V W looks like a W
X is your hook can like like a pirate
hook think of it as a pair hug x marks
the spot
this is the letter X so just you rest
your hands and a fist and you curl that
X I just trying to turn it to the side
so you can see it looks like that but
this is the front X Y fingers down pinky
thumb out why not in out Y Z index
finger draw Z so if you're left-handed
draw Z right-handed drowsy so out and
out Z alright that's it we are way out
of time we will pick this up where we
left off tomorrow for day four and then
we'll continue talking about
fingerspelling on
day five all right thank you so much
I'll see you at the practice prompt bye