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hello everybody my name is Chris
gorgeous and for a while now I've been
wanting to put together a video series
that focuses on high-frequency words and
when we were first starting to learn a
new language it's really important to be
learning the words or signs that you'll
be using on an everyday basis and this
is the way we acquire languages as
children that's whay languages are
taught in schools and so I it's really
good to approach learn language learning
in that respect to be learning the words
or the signs that you'll be using on an
everyday basis so that's what this video
series is going to be for and I do want
to go ahead and lead with a disclaimer
that these are signs that are using the
educational system here in California
and a lot of the signs that I'm going to
be showing you today are actually taken
from the Fairview program from adapted
Dolch words and so these are words and
signs that are taught first to really
help with that language acquisition and
so today we're going to be going over
ten words but we're actually going to be
going over 24 signs and the reason for
that is because many words in English
have multiple meanings and the same is
true in sign language so for example the
word blue can mean both the color blue
and the emotion I'm feeling blue so I'll
be sure to go over very various semantic
meanings of the English words and also
show you the corresponding signs so the
first word that we're going to be
tackling today is the word away and this
is actually one of the simpler signs it
doesn't have multiple meanings and it
doesn't have multiple signs it's just
you're almost chewing away that person
away and also keep in mind too that you
may find variations of the signs I'm
about to show you and my recommendation
to you is to go ahead and learn from
everybody and and you will see regional
signs and you will see variations of
signs and it's important to be familiar
with those types of variations and those
regional signs and if you see a sign in
your local community I would encourage
you to go ahead and make yourself
comfortable
using that sign that is used in your
local community with that said the next
word we're going to be talking about is
big
so this is a good example of a word that
has two meanings and it has two signs
actually three that is commonly used so
the first two are talking about size so
big as in width this is going to be your
standard sign for big it uses this
handshape and it goes out towards the
side like that it's really big as in its
Y or large the other sign for big would
be if you're trying to explain or trying
to describe somebody that is big
somebody that is tall so that sign is
going to be like this big so general big
tall big and then the third one is just
it's called a loan sign and it's
basically a fingerspelling and sometimes
when you do a loan sign you will omit
some letters within the word so for big
sometimes people will do b.i.g real fast
or BG but typically you'll see big or
big so the next word that we're going to
be discussing is blue and this is a
tricky one because not only does it have
multiple meanings but it also has
multiple signs for the same meaning I'll
show you so the most common way with it
will be using the word blue is
describing the color blue and so for
that you just take the b handshape and
you shake it like this blue now the
other meaning of that is i'm feeling
blue as in i'm feeling sad or depressed
and this has three different ways of
signing the same meaning so there's blue
as in i'm sad
there's blue as in i'm depressed and
there's blue as in I'm depressed
so you'll see sad sad or sad and again
that would be the meaning of sad for the
word blue hopefully that's not too
confusing but in practice and in use and
with the the more you use it and the
more you see it the more natural it will
become the next word is going to be kin
so this is going to have three different
signs and three different meanings so
the first kin is going to be the verb
can like I can do something so this you
just
down with your wrists or sometimes
you'll see it done like this as well
with the arm straightened can or can the
other two is like a soda can
so you'll almost make this you'll have a
c handshape and you're almost like
outlining what the physical can would
look like in your hand can and the third
one is like a large garbage can so same
thing you have the c handshape s-- and
you go up like this fork can so you have
can or can and then you have can or
can't
the next word that we're going to be
focusing on is come so this is one that
has three signs where the same word in
the same meaning so the first one is
come and this is using the one
classifier handshape and so this one
handshape represents a person so you can
think of that as this person is coming
to me the other one is the gesture come
come almost like you're inviting them to
come with you and then the third one is
one that isn't really signed very
commonly but it is one that is taught so
it's come and it looks like the sign
sign but it's rolling towards you so you
have come come in come the next word is
going to be down and this is actually
very similar to the word blue it has two
meanings but for signs and the first one
is the word down as in the directional
down so you just point down it's really
simple so you just point down now the
other one is the feeling down I'm
feeling depressed I'm feeling sad and
those are going to be the same sign that
I showed you for blue sad or depressed
or depressed
so you'll see sad sad or sad now
fortunately the next two words I'm going
to show you or just one sign one meaning
and so the next word is find so you make
the c handshape with one hand and then
with your dominant hand you'll make the
f handshape as you come up
so you find find and sometimes you'll
see this without the c handshape on
other hand to something sometimes you'll
just see it as find so again it's good
to know multiple ways multiple
variations because you will come across
them the next word is four so this is
really simple you just take your pointer
finger and you starts from the corner of
your forehead and it goes out for not
the number four but as in I'm gonna go
for a walk for the next one is one word
one meaning two signs so the first one
is funny you take it's like an H but
with your thumb out funny also sometimes
you'll see it done to the side but it's
supposed to be funny and then the other
one is finding this is more like it's
hilarious ha ha and just a couple
another and like little bonus signs too
is I for like haha you'll see ha ha like
eh eh eh eh like this ha ha ha
like you're rolling around on the ground
laughing and then like this is a whole
larious hysterical laugh but for funny
and funny those are the most common ways
to sign that the next one is a little
tricky so it's the word go but it's
signed five different ways so the first
way is with your pointer finger so I'm
gonna go over there and it'll be
directional so if I'm gonna go there or
I'm gonna go over there the other kind
of go is I'm like I'm gonna go out so
you this is actually the same sign used
for the word out and so depending on the
way you're using it in the mean you'll
sign go or out the third sign for that
is actually the same as a way go go the
fourth one is the same I've come but in
the other direction so remember the
third sign for come was like this well
the fourth the way of signing go is like
this it goes away from you and then the
last one is a loan sign which means that
you fingerspell it Geo so real quick
recap go go go go or go ok so the last
word is help
and this is probably going to be a sign
that you'll be using a lot when you're
first learning the language so
is a directional sign I have shown this
in a previous video just because it's a
really common sign and it's really good
to know so the sign or the generic sign
is for help and it could be lifted it
could be put in someone's direction so
let's say you wanted to say I'm going to
help you all you do is do this you take
your health and you offer it to that
person if it's going the other way
around and say hey can you help me that
comes to me right that helped me and
also it could be I'm going to help all
of you
and that becomes a sweeping motion or if
I'm in desperate need of help and it
could be like an exclamation you can
really do it loud and aggressively and
go help so there's lots of different
ways to use and utilize that sign and
the way you sign it can change what it
means but again like the the neutral way
of signing help is just to lift it up
help so that's it feel free to go ahead
and rewatch this video again and do keep
in mind that you sometimes will see
multiple variations of these signs in
your local area so be sure to go ahead
and familiarize yourself with what is
signed in your area in your local
community and I really hope that this
video is helpful and in the next one I
will go through another ten words and
depending on how many meanings and how
many signs that will dictate how many
signs you'll be learning so today you
learned ten words but 24 different signs
so you're well on your way to go ahead
and start using these signs and everyday
conversations if you have any other
questions or anything like that feel
free to reach out to me personally and I
can help you out and as always until
next time I'll see you later bye
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