Sign Language Lessons: Common Phrases : How to Sign Common Phrases & Words in Sign Language

[crystalismybffl13]

my friend marissa's baby cousin had cleft pallet when he was born so his mom taught him some signs so he could communicate, thats what sparked my interest :)

[XenOfOrrinoco]

Katawa Shoujo brought me here!

[LingMare]

Like if Switched at Birth brought you here :)

[talina473]

I just wanted yes or no :( why did it give me this!!! I'm gonna cry.

[DRYKJ17]

Aren't these subtitles supposed to be on the "Feelings" video even though it had nothing to do about feelings? Huh.

[talulah2103]

why would deaf people want to use te radio anyway...

[imthethinkpinkgirll]

@talulah2103 There are also people who cant talk who use this language.

[bannanaboat76889]

@talulah2103 they ca put there hands on it and hear the beat of the rythem ! pretty cool right !

[punklrh]

@vancouversignman I have so many ear aches I cant here myself well so I have talk and sign at the same time

[gymnasticsaddict122]

I dont like switched at birth i love it my fav is emmett

[Mrsrandomcrazygurl]

@gymnasticsaddict122 me too emmett is amazing

[pengeralus]

@vancouversignman ...so let's just rain on everybody's parade, and discourage them from even beginning to want to learn. good job, captain killjoy!

[KaiteHeartsMakup]

Lol I'm so fascinated with sign language after watching switched at birth that I decided to learn it my self!

[xxlegacykiller]

I LOVE SWITCHED AT BIRTH

[dejamlewis]

Wat's BSL?

[ZorinneC]

i would not want to be riding in that car

[superrandomiz]

thumbs up if your here for switched up birth

[34UndeadSoldier]

u steer tht wheel haha

[StrayGhostWolf]

If anyone can help I have a very important question.

How would you say things such as

"I'm listening to the radio," or "I'm on the phone,"

instead of just having the nouns all by themselves?

Please help. :)

[Amithysia]

@StrayGhostWolf For 'I'm listening to the radio' point to yourself, then take your index finger to your ear pointing up and move it outwards, then sign radio. If you were on the phone and wanted to tell someone who was deaf, they'd be able to see you so you'd just point to the phone by your ear. Why sign a sentence when one gesture does the trick =)

[stephpad]

this is great!!! i need to learn sign langauge for my 3 year old! thanks so much!

[lindoosh343]

@vancouversignman hey dude i work in a shop and i have a deaf guy come in every week its nice to know i can say hello and thank you to him . these videos have actualy helped a little so cut her some slack yeah !

[lindoosh343]

@vancouversignman hey dude i work in a shop and i have a deaf guy come in every week its nice to know i can say hello and thank you to him . these videos have actualy helped a little so cut her some slack yeah !

[lindoosh343]

do you use the ASL or BSL alphabet ?

[Banerika]

These are not phrases that will help you communicate with a Deaf person. These are totally random, often incorrectly executed signs that this lady learned from a book. No way you can use this to communicate and have a real conversation. Sorry folks.

[TheSubwaysurfer]

@vancouversignman I can appreciate what you're saying regarding fluency, but some of us dont have that long, and just what to learn a few basic phrases to communicate with the people in our lives and those we might run across. These videos are NOT doing a disservice, you must start SOMEWHERE, and perhaps this is, for someone a jumping off point to more detailed study. Foreigners frequently learn English with a few phrases first, and then the alphabet.

[falulabond]

What she is saying does not match the closed caption!

[LodyDude]

Not being mean, but why would a deaf person have anything to do with a radio or telephone?

[TheSubwaysurfer]

@LodyDude your point is well taken! and it IS very funny! LOL!

[TheDreamsofLove]

this is very cool . Thanks be To God always. help me to give my son lessons of language

[aytches]

if I didn't know the sign for car I'd think the person was trying to tell me to milk a cow. haha.

[only1pirate]

These subtitles are supposed to be in the How to Sign Feelings video...

[dontrieit]

I just wanna learn sign language so i can curse out some people without them knowing what im saying. lol!

[eyekandi69]

@dontrieit I FEEL U

[dontrieit]

@eyekandi69 haha cool

[liltweeet]

ahaha

[matiamateers]

her captions are in the wrong vid lmao

[LillyLoves4ever]

i want to be an inturperter(or however you spell that word) so this helped me start out, one of my best friends is deaf and it's really nice understanding her sometimes because now i can kinda no what she is saying

[beth4chris1]

Her sign for car is wrong, that's the sign for drive. For car, you just fingerspell it.

[BTSamSquanch21]

@beth4chris1 I think its different in different places, I learned car as you make a small steering wheel motion in front of you, and for driving you just make a larger steering wheel motion.

[SuperSquishyBear]

Do they really have to repeat thing like 5 times!! AAHH

[sk8rdman]

Haha, I wanna hear the radio, because I'm deaf...

Jk, obviously radio isn't a completely useless word in ASL, but it's still kinda funny.

[MrBuTtErMiLkBiScUiT]

LOL i thought that same thing!!

[GigglePoot23]

very helpful :)

[MarnieReeves]

The teacher is Canadian, so she's probably using Canadian signs which often differ slightly from ASL.

[Banerika]

Nope, she's not a teacher, that's the problem. Canadian signs are ASL, unless they are LSQ. Many of her signs are not ASL or LSQ. I suspect she's either doing them wrong, learned them wrong from a book she picked out of the library or they're SEE ... a coding system, not a language.

[eaglesgogirl]

@MarnieReeves is n't the hand alphabet different in every country?( finger-spelling)

[zwitterface]

Yeah, just because they can't hear a radio doesn't mean it doesn't exist. They'd still need to know how to say it. I've never been on a space ship, but I still know what that is, and can say and spell it.

[billiejoesexi]

The Car sign can be interpreted as something way more fun.

[kshoe623]

@billiejoesexi hahahahhaha

[parasiempresk]

yeah totally... milking a cow is so fun..

[Est122094]

@billiejoesexi yeahh, milking a cow! lol

[zephyrkimi]

So wait, this is not ASL, just signed english?

I just wanna learn a couple phrases or words in sign language (idk, i guess teh one deaf people actually use) so is ASL or signed english better for me?

[brolli4454]

the descrpiton says it's ASL

[fueporamor]

hey am really learning with youtube seriously i have wanted 2 know sign laguage for a long time i think is very cool anywho thanks! really helped!

[beckypoeh]

i'm sorry but this is not ASL. the sign you used for book means OPEN-BOOK because you signed it as a verb (one movemment). Nouns are sign twice (double movement). That is BASIC ASL. Please do not post videos like this if they are not accurate, that is how we get people out there who call themselves interpreters but really they are just signers.

[cantareadio]

Radio??

Really?

[TheFriskyPolice]

i agree with that, when your deaf you cant listne to the radio you cant even hear at all so WTF

[cantareadio]

Besides that...it isn't the sign for "radio" and is SEE sign.

=/

[Palanthas1986]

You have to remember that some people that sign can hear but might not be able to speak or at least not speak well.

[sandrawallace]

Thanks for posting these...please add more

[RaquelParke25]

one word can have a bunch of signs, for example the word birthday has over 25 signs! It depends on the area, the culture, even age. It is still ASL, just a dialect that you might not be used to. I've had several ASL teachers and even some of their signs deferred. it doesn't make it necessarily wrong, it just might depends what area of the country or even state she is from.

[Banerika]

Hi Raquel, this is not a regional accent, or dialect.

[justicejr32]

Well i sign radio with a cup shaped hand by the ear that rocks just a little but i see your point i thought about it someone learning might not do it by the ear and it could be mistaken for restroom.

[justicejr32]

i havent seen her sign one thing different than the way i have learned, I do know a few signs for the same word like play, she showed one of them so whats the problem what do you think shes doing wrong?

[Banerika]

Rather than waste my time and yours pointing out every mistake, trust me that she is making them in almost every video. Is *that* how you learned "radio?" Seriously? In an ASL class?

[Banerika]

She makes constant mistakes and is not teaching ASL. See BYUFanatic for someone who knows what he is talking about and is actually a teacher of ASL. This woman is a broadcasting personality, not an ASL teacher.

[hirse82]

haha telephone, book and car is the same in Danish sign language. (telefon, bog and bil)

[b0tmania]

i hate the way she keeps repeating!

[PJwiz1]

Steer that wheel baby yeeeeaaaaa!!!!!! ay

[frohammer]

that's wrong!!!!

[greenphone7]

no she is not at all! she doesnt know what she is doing!

[phillypretzel]

shes really good

[movingsustenance]

the description of words taught is wrong for this one

[aild0reaper0aild]

uhm...sure dude

[movingsustenance]

Uhm . . . hello?

It say s in the description that this lesson teaches the signs for "TV, ball, candy, yes, no, play, and jacket". Then we learn "telephone, book, radio, car, story."

I can't believe I just wasted time explaining that.

[aild0reaper0aild]

its ok it wasnt WASTE THANKS WATCH MY VIDEOS

[dreamoutloudmylove]

YOU'RE AMAZING!!!!

[dechetsdailybs]

Anybody else thinks she looks like Carice V. Houten?

[bertwhore]

gawd shes a bad ass teacher i like her alot.

[Knewme2009]

Melissa you are an excellent teacher. I am in the process of learn asl and i have purchased some dvd's you have helped me so much more.

Lee

[1weirdcat]

Thanks!

[edylcuoyevol]

Thank you! Awesome :) I'm subscribing.

[bradfordknights]

yes. i want a bedtime story.

[betyboop419]

lmao

[singingsarahandsonja]

hahahahahah oh fersure.

[jayrene123]

thanks... i subscribe

[happyImHis]

I really enjoy these clips!