Hey signers! Welcome to Learn How to Sign. Today I'm going to be teaching Lane and you the 25
most popular animals. If you can't find what you're looking for in this video,
go to learnhowtosign.org where you can find over 50 animal signs that we have in our ASL
dictionary. Before we get started, you are going to notice that in this video
a lot of these animal signs are iconic--the sign looks similar to what the animal is.
So this is a great way to help you remember. Think of what the animal looks like,
and that might help you remember the sign. So let's learn how to sign some animals.
ALLIGATOR You're making the shape of the alligator snout.
ALLIGATOR Can you sign alligator?
ALLIGATOR Good job!
BEAR Think of giving yourself a bear hug.
BEAR Can you sign bear? Good job!
BIRD Think of the bird's beak.
BIRD Can you sign bird?
Good job!
CAT Think of the cat's whiskers.
CAT Can you sign cat? Can you do the whiskers?
There you go! CAT
CHICKEN Think of the chicken picking up the food
off of the ground. CHICKEN
Can you sign chicken? Good job. CHICKEN
COW It's a "Y" hand on the side of your forehead.
COW Can you sign cow? Up here at the top.
There you go!
COW Good job.
DOG You
tap your thigh, and you're like "come here dog!"
DOG Okay can you do dog?
Good job! DOG
DOLPHIN Your fingers
are twisted together making the snout, and your thumb is the fin.
DOLPHIN Okay can you do dolphin?
DOLPHIN Good job!
DUCK Your two fingers are together,
opening up with your thumb. DUCK
Can you do duck? DUCK
What kind of sound does it make? Quack quack. Good job!
ELEPHANT You're making the shape of the elephant's trunk.
ELEPHANT Can you do elephant?
ELEPHANT Good job! What sound does an elephant make?
FISH It's like the fish swimming through the water.
FISH Can you do fish?
FISH
Very good. Can you show me your fishy face? Show me.
FOX It's the letter "F" twisting on your nose.
FOX Okay can you do fox?
FOX Okay what does a fox say? Um I don't know.
That sound?
Does a fox scare
other animals? Yeah it sounds like it would scare other animals by making that sound huh?
FROG You're making the shape of the frog's throat.
FROG Can you do frog? Good job!
GIRAFFE You're making the shape of the giraffe's neck.
GIRAFFE Can you do giraffe?
GIRAFFE What is this making? The giraffe's
what? A giraffe's neck! Yes, good job! HORSE
It's like you're making the shape of the horse's ears flicking away the flies.
HORSE Can you do horse?
Very good. LION
You're making the shape of the lion's mane.
LION Can you do lion?
LION What do lions say? Roar! You're right!
MONKEY It kind of looks like a monkey's playing around.
MONKEY. Can you do monkey?
What do they say? Oh do we love monkeys?
MOUSE
It's an index finger flicking at the end of the mouse's nose.
MOUSE Can you do mouse?
MOUSE Can you show me what mice do with their nose?
PIG It's also similar to the sign dirt or dirty.
PIG Can you do pig?
PIG Very good. What do pigs say? Oink oink.
SHARK You're making the shape of the shark's
fin going above the water. SHARK
Can you do shark? SHARK
SHEEP It's like you're shearing the sheep's wool.
SHEEP Can you do sheep?
What do these look like? Scissors! Very good.
SNAKE It's like the snake slithering across the ground.
SNAKE Can you do snake?
SNAKE What do snakes do?
TIGER You're showing the tiger's stripes.
TIGER Can you do tiger?
Good job. TURTLE
You're showing the little turtle's head and a shell.
TURTLE Can you do turtle? Oh good job.
ZEBRA You're showing the stripes
across the zebra's body. ZEBRA
Can you do zebra? What do zebras have? Stripes! Good job. We're all done! Yay! High fives!
Thank you for signing with me. Bye! Great job! Now that we've learned all of these animal signs,
let's practice in putting them into sentences.
What's your favorite animal? YOU FAVORITE ANIMAL WHAT YOU
My favorite animal is a monkey. MY FAVORITE ANIMAL MONKEY
Let's say you're at a zoo, and you want to ask where an animal is. For instance:
where is the lion? LION WHERE
Now maybe you're wanting to talk about a specific kind of animal. For instance
SNAKE and then fingerspell
C-O-B-R-A because cobra is its name.
Here's another one.
I don't like cats. I DON'T LIKE CATS
Let's try one about describing an animal. Elephants are huge.
ELEPHANTS HUGE
And you can even do "ch" showing something's really big.
Great job! Keep on practicing these animal signs and remember
you can find additional animal signs on our website learnhowtosign.org,
and don't forget to like, subscribe, and be notified. See you later!
Look at the camera. Do you see that?
Good job. Do you think we need to try it again? I think no. Oh no.
TIGER Try that again.