Conversational Sign Language | Part 1

In this video you'll learn some of the basics in conversational sign language. You'll want to keep these signs "Handy" as you'll use them often when using ASL. All together there are more than 50 signs, but we'll tackle about 25 of them in this video. Part 2 is coming soon! In this video we're going over feelings, attention and clarification signs.

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NAVIGATION
0:00 - INTRO
0:52 - Teaching: Importance of expressions

FEELINGS
1:17 - Bored
1:25 - Busy
1:38 - Sleepy
1:46 - Tired
1:56 - Sick
2:05 - Sad
2:15 - Scared or Afraid
2:24 - Mad or Angry
2:35 - Confused
2:46 - Nothing
2:55 - Same ol' or The usual
3:06 - Bad
3:15 - So-so
3:23 - Fine
3:30 - Good or Well
3:40 - Excited
3:49 - Happy
3:58 - Teaching: Intensity of Facial Expression

ATTENTION
4:19 - Eye Contact
4:30 - Look at me
4:39 - Pay Attention
4:48 - Hold on

CLARIFICATION
4:55 - Teaching: Clarification Signs
5:13 - No, I don't understand
5:28 - Please sign again
5:48 - Sign slow please
6:03 - Sorry, don't understand
6:21 - Yes, I understand

SENTENCES
6:41 - Sorry, I'm confused. Please sign again.
7:02 - I'm excited! What about you?
7:19 - He's happy, but he's sad.
7:40 - Sorry. I'm nervous. Can you spell again please?

Thanks for watching

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[My-Channel_forever]

I like how you create sentences at the end of your videos.

[philipcorbett]

Your video's have helped my wife and I so much! I am hard hearing and losing a little bit more hearing every year and even with hearing aids we get into areas that they do not help. Some small amount of ASL has helped us bridge those gaps and build a stronger relationship. Besides, ASL is a beautiful form of communication!

[LaurieCiriello]

I have 2 new co-workers who are deaf. I am really slow at texting and don't like to pull my phone out every time I want to talk to them. Learning a little bit of sign has really helped and they seem to appreciate that I'm trying to communicate using their language.

[mdmantejsingh]

I recently made a new friend at the Sikh temple, and I am finding your videos very intuitive and helpful. We talked for hours in sign language (it was mostly him lol, but I was understanding 👆🏻everything) Thanks, Meredith.

[dominiccooper]

I have a few deaf customers at work and thought it would be nice to learn some basics to communicate. Ive watch your video series religiously every night for an hour and am finding your lessons so simple and fun to follow! Just finished and mastered the 150 essential, now on to this series! I'm inspired to go beyond the basics and really dive into the language. Thanks for these videos :D

[KidOuija]

honestly such a good teaeching style you use. i like the quick paced but slow mo lessons they stick in my mind so well

[creatingjoy]

This is such a great video, teaching the signs we need and use, not just a bunch of random ones!

[allenquartermane]

Your videos have helped me soooo much to use signing as my eardrums were cut to drain fluid from cancer treatments that have left me very hard of hearing, and now try to get store clerks to learn so they can communicate with us in public. The deaf community have been shunned by society because of lazyness to learn signing. It should be a class in schools as mandatory.

[Gingermycat]

are you able to put CC on the video's? It would be extremely helpful for the deaf community to know what you are saying, as some of them are learning themselves because of lack of education martial.

[wephotogal]

Hi, thank you! New sub here. I have a co worker who is deaf and I am trying to learn ASL to communicate. I need to keep practicing! I think she likes that I am trying to learn and communicate with her even though it's so basic. She signs slow for me and helps if I don't know certain signs.

[wolfyonline]

I love these videos, ive learned over 80 signs in just about 4 to 5 days!!

[JuanPaulino-tshe]

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[axelff]

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[mbiraside]

Excellent videos. I'm relearning ASL after 40 yrs, thanks.

[Betzy]

Thank you Meredith ! you make it very clear! Love how you create sentences, that helps
a lot.
Greatings from Perú!

[shealeathers]

Thank you for this I’ve been learning asl for a little less then a year and I appreciate this a whole lot.

[JenniferKirklin]

Thank you so much. I am taking ASL 1 for my degree program and the curriculum offered is awful. I am learning so much from your videos! Recommending to classmates.

[nannygoatbassoonist]

I love this. I occasionally visit my friend's church where she is their ASL interpreter for the small deaf ministry. I would LOVE to be able to talk to one of the sweet older ladies there. I know my alphabet and some words, but not enough to have a conversation. I would imagine it is so frustrating for a deaf person when a hearing person tries to sign and isn't competent. This is a good video for me to work on, especially words like "confused" or phrases like "please sign slowly" would help me so much

[tver]

There is a man at my workplace who is hard of hearing and your videos have helped me communicate with him, thank you!

[cecile]

Thank you Merideth you make it easy and fun. I work on a school bus with hearing impaired students. Thanks to you i am able to sign with them a little. Thanks