Hello everyone! Today is going to be another essential lesson because today
we're going to be learning how to sign all about time, we'll learn set signs
such as today, tomorrow, yesterday, and other time related signs like that. And
we will also go into more detail about bridging. What is it and how do we use it?
So stay tuned and let's learn the basics.
Again today we will be learning 25 signs all about time and for a complete
rundown of each one you can click in the description down below and I will have a
list of all the vocabulary words but also they'll be associated with
timestamps. So if you happen to forget a particular sign you can just go back to
this video, click the description, and click the timestamp for the sign you
forgot and it'll take you right to it which is great for review. And be sure to
stay tuned until the end because I will have another challenge for all of you
that will really help speed up that learning process and I'll explain one
really effective learning hack to really speed up your progress, as well as a
special announcement at the very end. And if you've been finding these videos
helpful please like, subscribe, and hit that Bell notification. With all of that
set let's get started. So the first time today is a really simple one it's "day".
You just lay out your non-dominant arm flat like this you make the one
handshape and you bring it down for "day". If you were talking about multiple
days for example two days or three days or four days you would just change the
handshape to correspond to the number. So for two days it would be "two days" "three
days" "four days" "five days". And then if as you go higher into numbers 10, 11, and 12,
you would sign the number "10 days" or "11 days". If you haven't got around to
learning your numbers or if you just like a review you can actually click on
the link above and I will take you to a playlist that'll teach you how to sign
any number in sign language! For the next two signs are going to be a little
similar but I'll teach you an easy trick to remember which is which. So the first
one is "today". So "today" has two syllables so you'll make the Y handshape, make
sure your palms are facing the ceiling, and you'll bounce twice "today". The next
one is the sign for "now". "Now" is only one syllable, so you'll just do the
same handshape, palms facing up, and you just bring it down once, "now", "today" "now".
The next sign is "yesterday" so this has actually signed two different ways, one
is with the thumb like this you take it to your cheek and you either go back to
your ear or you flick it backwards in time, "yesterday".
The second way of signing this is actually with the Y handshape for
yesterday. So you would do from the chin to the ear like this or same thing where
you would flick it into the past. "Tomorrow" is the same handshape, the same
position, except it goes forward in time. "Tomorrow". So the next sign is "week". A good
way to remember this is to think of your hand as a calendar and you'd make the
one handshape and you're gonna go from left to right as you're going from left
to right on a calendar for one week, and just as we did for days, if you wanted to
represent two weeks or three weeks you would change the number. So you would do
"two weeks" "three weeks" "four weeks". So before we go on to the next sign I'm
going to talk to you a little bit about bridging. Bridging is basically when you
have more English words than are represented in sign language. So one good
example of this is "last week", there's a sign for last and there's a sign for week,
but you would not sign "last week", you would sign "last week". So this is one
sign that represents two English words, that's basically what bridging is all about.
And the same would go for "next week", there is a sign for next and
there's a sign for week, but you wouldn't sign "next week" or "next week", you would
just take that week and you would push it forward in time like this, "next week".
One sign, two words. Now for the sign for "month", you will just take your
non-dominant hand you make a one handshape and then you'll make a one
handshape with your other hand make sure this palm is facing you and
it's gonna go down the back of your other finger, just like this, "month".
Just as a heads up this does have two minor variations, one is "last month" with
the one handshape, and the other is "last month" signifying past, "month past" or "last month".
Moving on to "next month", you would
sign month and you would just put that month forward in time. The next sign I'll
show you is "year". You make one fist with your non-dominant hand and then you
take your other fist and you orbit around the other. So this is kind of
representing the Earth orbiting the Sun in a year's time, "year". And for "last year"
you would start with your fists together like this and that last year goes
backwards into the past, "last year". For "next year", you would start the same way
except that year is going forward in time, "next year".
That completes our big units of time, now we're gonna go down to smaller units of
time, hours, minutes, seconds. So for "hour", you just make a palm face and for me I
just think of my palm as the face of the clock and one hour goes around like this,
or some people will say one hour like this. For hour I just visualize my
non-dominant hand as the face of the clock and my number is representing the
number of hours I am signing. So you will go one hour some people will say one two
or like this and then you would do two hours or three hours four hours five
hours so on and so forth. The sign for "minute", you will keep that clock face right here
and you will just show a tick not all the way around, not all the way around,
just a tick for a minute. One minute, two minutes, three minutes. One other minor
variation to minute is some people will just do it with a pointer finger and do
the same ticking motion one minute, two minutes, three minutes. Now moving on to
"second". This is even a shorter tick, so if you're sticking with the clock face you
just put your clock face up like this and it's just going to be a very subtle
tick one second, two seconds, three seconds, or that other variation I showed
you earlier where you'll use the tip of the finger in one second, two seconds,
three seconds. So either variations work, although the clock face is the more
common one. The next three signs are going to be "morning",
"afternoon" and "night". So for this you just think of your arm as the horizon, this is
my non-dominant arm, and then your other arm will be representing the Sun. So for
"morning", the Sun is coming up above the horizon. For "afternoon", it's going down,
and for "night", its just cresting over the horizon like this.
Morning, afternoon, and night. Now we can actually start stringing some
sentences together to have salutations or little sentences. For example, in part one
we learn the sign for good like this, so if you wanted to say "good morning",
you could string those two signs together, "good morning" "good afternoon"
"good night". The next two signs I will show you are actually more
examples of bridging. So in English, it'll be "all day" or "all night". In sign, it will
be "all day", signifying the Sun going all the way from point to point, or "all night"
where the Sun goes all the way from one side of the horizon to the other. Okay, so
you made it to the last sign! So the last sign is actually going to be the months
of the year, so it's actually twelve for one. So for the months of the year, you
would just fingerspell the first three letters of the month. So for example
January would be "Jan", February would be "Feb", March "Mar". If you haven't
learned the alphabet in ASL yet, or if you could just use a refresher, you could
actually watch this video right here where I show you how to sign the entire
alphabet A through Z, and I also give for fingerspelling tips to help you with
your clarity. So as we were doing the bridged words such as "next week" and "last week",
"next year" and "last year", you may start picking up on a pattern, that time
is spatial. And what I mean by that is that all signs that are in future tense
or happen in the future will be forward in time, which means they will be forward
moving away from your body. And things that happen in the past or happened long
ago will all be heading backwards in time. With that in mind, I'll show you a
couple of cool signs that you can do with that the first one is "past" or a
"long time ago", "once upon a time". So you will use either the open five handshape
and go like this or to show that it was a really long time ago you would use
both hands and you're almost rewinding back in time, "a really long time ago" or
like "once upon a time" "once upon a time". So the other one is "future", so it'll be
the same handshape except again, since time is spatial, you're going to be going
forward in time or forward away from your body, "future", and this one will tend
to wiggle the fingers like this, "future". "Past" "really far to the future" "really far
into the past" "a long time ago". Okay, so remember in the beginning of the video
and mentioned a really cool learning hack, so this is actually really
encouraging if you don't know a lot of signs yet, but if you know 10 nouns, you
know 10 verbs, and you know 10 adjectives, then you can start mixing this up into a
1,000 different phrases! 10 x 10 x 10.
So are all 1000 of those combinations grammatically correct?
Probably not, but one of the things about languages and especially when we first
start learning the language when we are babies and we are toddlers and as we
grow up, we just keep trying different combinations, we don't feel embarrassed
and we don't have to worry about making things perfect, and that's why children
learn languages so fast. They are not afraid to make mistakes and they just
try anything that they can. So one really good learning hack for you to remember
is that it doesn't have to be perfect. So for this specific learning hack to be
really effective, you're gonna have to just go out there and use what you know
in everyday conversation, and that actually leads me into this week's
challenge. This week, I want to challenge each and every one of you to start
building sentences with signs that you've already learned and try using
these sentences with somebody that you know and
practice and practice and practice some more. And I'm curious what you come up
with, go ahead and post in the comments down below the sentences that you come
up with with signs that you already know. And remember if you want to continue to
make progress and more importantly remember the things that you've already
learned, review is so important. so please review this video again after a
day or two and go back and re-watch parts 1 & 2. Remember all of these videos
have timestamps, so if you only need to brush up on a few signs, you can click
in the descriptions and click on the sign you want and get that quick review.
And also don't forget to share this video with somebody that you know
personally. Knowing the same signs and being able to practice those signs with
each other really speeds up the process of learning the language. And if you're
interested in building your vocabulary even further, you can check out all of my
previous lessons here on YouTube in one big giant playlist up here, or you can
come follow me on social media at @aslbasics and I teach a little bit of sign
language and a little bit of grammar every single day.
And if you'd like to learn more about different learning hacks or ways that
you can speed up the process of learning the language, I do have a free guide
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click that bell notification, because next Tuesday we will do our final lesson
in this four-part series of 100 signs you need to know. So until next time,
I'll see you later!
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