hey signers welcome to learn how to sign
today you're going to learn how to sign
greetings farewells and introductions
these are signs that you probably use
in everyday asl conversations you'll
have in fact
towards the end of this video i'll show
you how to introduce yourself and
some of the slang conversational signs
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greetings farewells and introductions
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first we're going over greetings it's
important to know how to get a deaf
person's attention before starting a
conversation
there are different ways to do this you
can wave
tap on their shoulder sometimes people
stomp
and for a large group you'll turn off
and on the lights in a room now don't be
rude about it
but remember because they are deaf you
have to get their attention visually
so let's learn how to sign some
greetings
hi hi this is used really informally
hi hello
hello you've got your hand right up here
at your forehead
and it's coming out hello
how are you how are you
you're making the sign how and you're
pointing to somebody
with your eyebrows down how are you
how are you what's up
what's up your middle fingers are put on
the chest
and they're going upwards and you put an
attitude like what's up
what's up good or well
or good or well your hand is coming from
your chin
down to your non-dominant hand good or
well
good or well morning
morning because the sun is coming up in
the morning
morning afternoon
afternoon think of where the sun is
in the afternoon afternoon
night night think of where the sun
is at night night
great job now when signing
morning afternoon and night think about
the horizon
and the sun rising and setting
keep practicing these greeting signs
practice these every day
and you'll be signing in no time so now
that we're done with greetings
let's learn how to sign some farewells
goodbye
goodbye it's just like you're waving
goodbye
goodbye see you later
see you later you're doing the sign for
c
and flipping it to later see you later
see you later take care
take care you're doing the letter v
hands
sideways on top of each other take care
nice to meet you nice to meet you
the sign nice with your people meeting
each other
and pointing to the person nice to meet
you
same here same here
you're using your y hand for your thumb
pointing to you
and your pinky pointing to somebody else
same here
c c
your fingers are representing your eyes
looking at something
c later
later it's the letter l hand flicking
forward
into the future later
tomorrow tomorrow
your thumb flicks forward into the
future
tomorrow a fun fact about the deaf
community
is that goodbyes can be really long each
deaf person goes up to every single
person to say goodbye
so if you're ever at a community event
expect
deaf people to stay around a long time
there have been several times
that i've attended deaf chats that have
been at the mall
well when the mall closes all of us
move out to the parking lot and continue
on chatting and saying our goodbyes
even after the mall has closed so become
familiar with these farewell signs
you'll be using them a lot when you talk
to a deaf person
so let's learn how to sign introductions
friend friend
think of you and your friend giving each
other a hug
friend introduce
introduce it's like you're bringing two
people together
to introduce them introduce
meet meet these are two people
meeting each other meet
hearing hearing this is referencing that
hearing people talk a lot hearing
hard of hearing hard of hearing
it's h for hard of hearing
deaf or deaf it can go either way
it's just pointing to your mouth and
your ear
death my or
mine it's a flat hand just put right
here on your chest
my or mine name
name you've got your two fingers close
together
and bounce on top of each other name
want want
your fingers are like bent fives pulling
in
towards yourself want
so now let's put all these signs to
practice so you can start using them
my name is meredith
my name
meredith now you're noticing
i'm fingerspelling my name and putting
what's called a sign name with it only a
deaf person can give you a signed name
and this is a
really special thing in deaf culture
i want to introduce my friend
i want introduce
my friend
his name brian
he named brian
he with a closing signal it can point
to yourself or to somebody else that
you're talking about
i'm hearing i'm learning asl
i hearing i learning
a s l i
what's up sup
this sign is the formal sign for what's
up but
sometimes you'll see sup which is kind
of a slang version
see you later see
later and i've even seen see you later
love love love love love when deaf
people are leaving
they do thy love you hand now this
doesn't really mean
i love you it's just love to everybody
i hope this was helpful i encourage you
to keep at it
don't forget to practice these signs and
phrases with your friends and family
or even in front of the mirror we make
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