hi welcome to sequestered signing week
one day one it's our first lesson now
this first week's theme is introductions
okay so for the setup for sequestered
signing we began this at the end of
March and I'm just now recording the
first parts because we did it
Instagram story is live and so then no
matter what I did I could never get the
videos to sync to my camera roll so in
order for you to have them Emma shooting
them now and we're starting a later week
so now it doesn't matter if you missed a
day or you're just starting now you'll
have these videos at your disposal you
can start from day one or skip around
whatever you want to do I recommend if
you're just now starting to start with
week one day one and work in sequential
order okay because the information I
give you in week 3 is dependent on
information you've got a week one a week
- alright so definitely recommend that
so for the first four weeks Monday
through Friday it's all recorded and you
they're all the practice prompts are
already posted in ASL so you have to
scroll down the first image will say
week number day number so you'll know
exactly what you're doing
and each day of the week is the same
color as well so I tried to make it easy
for you to find so you can save them to
a collection screen Sean I'm do whatever
you want to okay and then once we get to
week five we do it's Monday to Monday
through Thursday is recorded and Friday
is a live review okay so once you get
there you're Billa why isn't there a
fifth video here recorded that's because
we did it live but that starts that
started week five and we'll continue
with week six okay let's go
so today's theme is greetings
so we're gonna start with just saying hi
and bye it's the most common question
people ask me how do you say hi sign
language how do you say bye in sign
language
and we'll just start there okay so
really you can just wave hey just like
you would with your friends and real
life or your acquaintances hey hey I
don't know what other hand things little
chin lifts whatever it is that you do
you can say hi like that okay or and
sing by the same way see ya bye right
okay if you want the formal way we say
hello in sign language Oh stick around
but again you can use the informal way
and it's still equal then you can
combine them alright so the official
sign for hello is this hello hello so
you have your I'm going to tell you oh
the handshape so this is my dominant
hand
it's my nod on a hand roll quick chat
about that your dominant hand is the
hand you write with and the non-dominant
hand is the hand you do not write with
for ambidextrous you need to pick one
one hand and you don't switch back and
forth you not ambidextrous in sign
language you can train your hands to be
ambidextrous oh say you broke your right
hand you could still sign with your left
hand but you don't really need to train
with it so long story short like one
hand as your dominant hand stick with it
I am right-handed this is my dominant
hand it may be flipped for you in the
screen but this is my right hand this is
my left hand alright I so if I say down
my hand know that mine is my right hand
so yours may be your left hand you just
do the exact same motion just opposite
side opposite hand okay all right hello
dominant hand is in this open b
handshape so it's flat here my thumb
isn't kind of out and I'm gonna place
the side of my index finger here at my
forehead
I'm at a 45 degree angle my hand is
knocked down my hand is not uh but it's
at this slight angle here and I go hello
I don't have to say with my mouth though
right
just one time like you're saluting
somebody I know it's not an official
salute just saying that's what it's a
reference to alright if you're saying
hello to a group of people us in the
deaf community when we say hello to
people like a group of people we came in
or if I'm people on a video I'd be like
hello hello hello finger stuck in my
hair that's awesome so I would go back
and forth a couple of times with both
hands right it's super easy super fun
all right the next one is what's up all
right so hey what's up so you're gonna
do your five hand extended so five hand
push your middle finger forward place it
here on your chest kind of wear your bra
straps or your suspenders or whatever
would go and you're gonna go what's up
so you're doing this flick so I'm
flicking my emotions in my wrist
flicking my wrist so that they come up
so my hands start horizontal and they
end now important if you're just meeting
somebody for the first time in the deaf
community so you go to a deaf event and
you're oh like oh look there's this she
looks friendly let's talk with her you
wouldn't this is a informal casual
greeting in the fact that you use this
with somebody you've met before
so if it's the first time you're meeting
this person you go oh hello and then we
would proceed with our introduction
which is you're learning this week then
next time you talk to her maybe like the
next day or the next event or maybe like
an hour later you get
you wanted to greet her again you can
just do what's up so you don't do what's
up until you I mean but we don't want to
be like crazy stick close about the rule
but that's just a really nice general
rule to know again you can still do your
regular wavy dues that you do okay all
right now let's talk about so saying
goodbye just wave goodbye or you can say
see you later so see you later is a
combination of two sides so it's C and
later
so first let's break those two signs
together and then I'll show you how to
combine them to say see you later so
first your dominant hand is in the c
handshape place your your palm is facing
you and your middle finger the tip a few
middle fingers gonna go just underneath
your eye okay I've got my v hand just
underneath my eye I'm gonna pull my hand
out straight C C so it's my two eyes so
they can see something C right C and
then later is your l handshape same hand
and you bend your top your index finger
down straight so it's not I'm not
bending it like this I'm bending it
straight down to one like it just fell
face forward on the ground
and when I do I'm also moving my hand
forward just a scooch okay later
like this later later
alright so now we're gonna combine those
and you're gonna go see you later
there's no u involved you just gonna go
see and then when you pull your hand out
you turn your wrist around and go
straight into that later
so not slow down it looks like this
okay see you later so you might have to
like get that switch figure it out and
then and then do it okay
pretty easy all right I mean that pretty
easy but it's pretty fun I like it all
right now another thing that you're
gonna see is people hearing folks use
the idol y handshape and I go oh I love
you yes it does mean I love you I love
you it does mean that but this is more
this is using the deaf community as like
a greeting like people will say cab I
like this a lot like Oh bye they're like
wave with two ioy hands bye-bye okay or
them posing their pictures with their
Iowa hands no I'm just saying this
happens a lot like oh they they hold
this as a post so this is more like a
like a greeting or like a thing to be
like oh you're in the deaf community are
you signing which kind of a thing it's
not really a Oh like confessing your
love to somebody okay you can use it
like you know if you're across the room
and your son is in a concert you'll band
concert whatever and you want him to
know you love it before you performs you
can go I love you okay and he'll be like
oh okay my sister loves me here whatever
whatever so you can use it like guys
like a shorthand way to tell somebody
you love them but if it's like your
boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever and
it's the first time you were telling
them you love them this would not be the
way you did it okay
the way you would do that is signing I
love you I love you okay so you point to
yourself your index finger I love your s
handshapes give yourself a hug your
hands are up here
cross your chest like you're a vampire
and then you point to the person you
love so if I love her but don't love you
I would go I look you but make eye
contact with whoever you're saying it to
another fun signs that I did teach when
we were doing this live is you can do I
am why I love you and you can go you can
twirl your finger it's kind of like a
deaf joke like it's not like a joke but
it's a real sign but it's kind of one of
those silly science right it's I always
love you like this it's like a mini
version of the sign always but I always
love you and then you can go make the r
handshape here and be like I really love
you so these are just fun signs but just
some of you to know all right last sign
is asking the question how are you this
is a very common question just like in
the hearing community is like oh how are
you fine whatever like it's just like a
way of saying hi you know pretty sure
every culture probably has something
very someone so how are you will she
show you how to do that so you have your
C hand shapes like this okay so you're
smoke yeah we'll just call it a C so
this is a see you got your so it's
spread up so start with your C here like
this and then you won't have to do this
ever again but I just want you to know
how to get into this handshape so see
here spread it put your thumbs out okay
now you're gonna put your knuckles
together like this no not your big fat
knuckles but your these knuckles right
here okay and your thumb is up like this
okay now your dominant hand you're gonna
twist so it's now palm is facing the
ceiling palm is up twist it one time
forward how okay your facial expression
for all those eyebrows how kind of lean
forward how
like that so if you're left-handed
you're gonna twist your left hand if
you're right-handed you twist your right
hand now we're gonna ask how are you you
just go how you how you so you know you
is just pointing like this because we
just talked about that when I love you
but in this instance you just go how you
and you point with your palm up towards
the person it's important that your hand
is separated so I'm not going to how you
going how you so I bring my hand forward
this up from the side it's like this how
you but most important it I'm not most
important equally as important as what
your hands are doing is what your face
is doing so you go how are you how are
you okay so practice that combo until
you get comfortable all right that is it
for today we're gonna continue building
on our introductions check the practice
prompt in my Instagram account is over
shell and you will be ready to go I will
see you for week one day two
bye
you