So today is the last video in a four part series of learning the first 100 signs that
you need to know.
Today we are going to be learning the 25 most common signs that you will need to know for
everyday conversation.
So, lets go ahead and get on with the basics.
As I had mentioned, today is the last video in a four part series of 100 signs that you
need to know.
That means that by the end of today's lesson you will have learned 100 signs!
That is an incredible start, and with those 100 signs you will be able to have real meaningful
conversations with other people.
If you have by chance missed out on any of the previous lessons in this series, I will
have a link to it in the description down below but I will also have a card that will
pop up right here of a playlist that has all four of them lined up in a row.
And if you’ve been finding these videos helpful, please like and subscribe to the
channel.
That way you don’t miss out on any of the future lessons.
And as always if you want to get the most out of this lesson I would encourage you to
shadow the signs, which means that you sign them as I sign them.
To go back and review this video and also to share this video with a friend so you are
able to practice with someone in person.
And doing just those 3 things will really help solidify what you learn in these videos.
And be sure to stick around until the end of the video because I have another challenge
for you and I will also teach you what directional signs are and also how to use them.
So with all of that said and done lets go ahead and jump right in to the 25 most common
signs.
So the first two signs are going to be Yes and No.
The sign for Yes is like this.
Just think of your head nodding up and down for yes.
How to sign No, is you take 3 fingers like this and you’ll pinch them together like
this.
No no no no, no.
The next sign is Maybe, so you can kind of think of the decision for yes and no in each
hand and they go back and forth.
Maybe.
The next two signs are going to be for Deaf and Hearing.
For Deaf it’s going to be pointing from your ear down to the corner of your mouth.
And for this it can either be from the ear to the mouth or from the mouth to the ear.
Deaf.
For Hearing you will take your index finger and it’ll go like this on your chin for
So the next sign is Can.
Now understand that this is the verb can, as in I can do something or I can ride a bike.
I can.
The next sign is Try.
You’ll make A handshapes and you’ll twist them in like this for Try.
Kind of think like a motorcycle.
Try.
The more English way of signing that is actually with the T handshape for try, but predominantly
and most commonly it is signed with A handshapes like this.
Try.
So the next sign is for help which is actually a really good example of how to use directional
signs.
Remember I’ll cover that after the 25 signs and I would encourage you to stick around
because directional signs are something that we use quite often in Sign Language.
Anyways, the sign for Help is you just make a thumbs up with one handshape and you make
a flat handshape with the other and you go like this for Help or Help.
The next sign is Start so for me I think of sticking a key in the ignition and starting
a car, I’ll show you what I mean.
So you make this handshape like this you’ll take your index finger like this and you’ll
stick it in the ignition and start the car.
So it’s like Start or also sometimes you’ll see it like this handshape and you’ll start.
Start or start.
Which leads into the next sign, Finish.
Finish.
So the next word that we will learn and this actually has two different signs depending
on how you are using the word.
So for example, if you’re asking a question as in, What are we going to do?
You will do this sign, do.
The other way you would sign do is like this.
So think of this more as action as, I’m doing the thing that I’m talking about.
So you have the question, Do?
And then you have the action or the verb, do.
So the next sign we will learn today is Feel.
You’ll just take your middle finger like this and you’ll rotate on your heart like
this for feel.
If you want to learn more about how to sign feelings or emotions just let me know in the
comments down below and if enough of you would like to learn about that I can make a lesson
all about feelings and emotions.
The next sign we will learn is Go.
You just take your two index fingers and you will point to where you want to go.
Go.
Next we will learn Have.
You would just take closed five handshapes and you put them against you chest like this.
Have.
The next two signs I will teach you are a little similar and can be confusing to new
learners of the language so I’ll try to help differentiate them here.
The first one is Live.
So this is just how you would use it in a sentence like, Where do you live? or I live
somewhere.
So you take the L handshape and you’ll go up your body like this for live.
The other one is Life.
So for this you would use the A handshape same gesture you go up your body like this
for life and you would use that sign just as you would for the word life.
Live, and Life.
The next sign is Make.
You just make fists with your hands like this and you’ll twist them one on top of the
other for Make.
So we’re almost there we just have 8 more signs to learn.
The next one is Want.
So this is actually really natural to do you just reach out for what you want and you bring
it to you.
Want.
On the other hand if you absolutely need it you would make the X handshape and you would
go down like this for Need.
The more you need it the faster you sign, Need.
So the next sign is Will, as in I will go do that thing I’ve been procrastinating
to do forever.
So the sign is just a closed five handshape and it goes out like this.
And remember from the previous video that going forward means that you’re going forward
in time.
So you can use that to help you remember the sign Will.
The next sign we will learn is Work.
Again we will make fists with both hands and we will go like this on top of our nondominant
hand for Work.
The next sign I will show you actually has two different ways of actually signing it.
The proper way that you might learn in a classroom would be, Know, and you would just tap your
forehead right here.
The way you will probably see it in the real world will probably be on the cheek down here.
Know.
And you’ll see this with a lot of signs.
Another good example is Teacher or Student.
So teacher technically comes out from the head and then down, for Teacher.
And Student, is suppose to go all the way up to your head and then you do the sign for
person, Student.
But in everyday conversation, most people don’t sign it that way they just sign it
more at chest level, like teacher or student.
And the last two signs we will learn today is Not.
Not, and Understand.
Understand.
And you can even combine those two for don’t understand or not understand.
Another way of signing I don’t understand is by doing the sign understand but shaking
your head no.
I don’t understand.
And there you have it those are the 25 most common signs that you need to know for everyday
conversation.
So let's do a real quick recap of all 25.
Yes No Maybe Deaf Hearing Can Try Help Start Finish Do or Do Feel Go Have Live Life Make
Want Need Will Work Know Don’t know Not Understand.
Okay so now that we have finished learning all 25 signs as I promised I will teach you
a little bit about directional signs.
So I will use the example of the sign for help.
Remember I had mentioned that that is a directional sign.
So what I mean by that is it changes meaning or the way that you sign it can change what
it means.
So for example if I’m asking for someone to help me I would bring that help and bring
it to me, Help me.
Or if I wanted to help you I would reverse it I would bring my help and I would bring
it to you, Help you.
Now you could also do that for, Help that person over there.
I’m going to help him.
Or I’m going to go help her.
And one last one for help if you’re screaming for help you would just do that as loudly
and as quickly and as vigorously as you could.
Help!
So that’s a quick introduction to directional signs and they actually become pretty intuitive
the more you become familiar with them and just another quick example the sign for Go.
That can also be a directional sign.
For example, I’m going to go over there.
Or I’m going to go over there.
Or again if you're really infattic about it you can say Go go go go go and so that just
goes to show how you sign it can actually change the meaning of that sign.
So I hope you find that helpful moving forward and as I had mentioned before I do have another
challenge for you.
So now that we have made it to the end all four videos and you now have an understanding
of all 100 signs.
I want to challenge you to use what you have learned so far and go have a conversation
with someone that is deaf.
I know that might feel intimidating, and you may feel very nervous but going forward and
using what you’ve learned so far is going to really make a difference in making advancement
and making progress in the language and that really is the fastest way to achieve fluency
in the language.
And again I hope that you have shadowed the signs as we had gone through this lesson and
I encourage you to go back and review this in a couple days so you can refresh your memory
and really solidify what you’ve learned and also don’t forget to share this video
with somebody that you personally know so you will have a similar vocabulary and you
will be able to practice with one another.
And if you’re interested in learning even more vocabulary you can go check out some
of my previous videos where I’ve taught how to sign colors and numbers and letters,
animals and there's another really fun one I did where we went to the beach and we learned
all kinds of beach related signs.
So I will have links to all of those videos down in the description down below.
Or if you’re that kind of person to just binge through everything I have everything
in one giant playlist, right there.
And if you’re goal is to attain fluency in as little time as possible you might want
to check out my free guide 6 Steps to Sign Language Fluency.
It’s completely free and you can get to it in the link in the description down below.
And if you really want to take this up to the next level both my wife and I offer
1 on 1 tutoring.
So if you would like more details about what that program is like, again I’ll leave the
details in the description down below.
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