50 Quick and Easy Signs in BSL You Can Learn TODAY

Learn 50 signs in British Sign Language (BSL)! We're aiming to help everyone learn BSL. Here's a mixed selection of BSL signs; some will be useful in everyday situations and some are just fun to use.

Disclaimer: We actually put 52 signs in this video! We couldn't decide which ones to cut, so decided to be sneaky and give you 2 extra.

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Video contents:
1. 0:08 Movie
2. 0:18 Book
3. 0:28 Camera
4. 0:38 Photo
5. 0:49 Money
6. 0:59 Cheap
7. 1:09 Expensive
8. 1:19 Flirt
9. 1:29 Naughty
10. 1:38 Crab
11. 1:48 Cat
12. 1:57 Crocodile
13. 2:06 Come here
14. 2:15 Ecstatic
15. 2:26 Sad
16. 2:37 How are you?
17. 2:47 Accident
18. 2:58 Dangerous
19. 3:08 Risky
20. 3:18 Nice
21. 3:28 Horrible
22. 3:38 Fire
23. 3:48 Water
24. 3:57 Drink
25. 4:07 Tea
26. 4:16 Coffee
27. 4:24 Wine
28. 4:34 Food
29. 4:43 Cheese
30. 4:53 Chocolate
31. 5:03 Fat
32. 5:10 Thin
33. 5:20 Confident
34. 5:38 Stress
35. 5:50 Good morning
36. 6:02 Good night
37. 6:14 Have to put up with it
38. 6:27 Had it up to here
39. 6:39 Suspicious
40. 6:51 (Go to) Sleep
41. 6:59 Wake up
42. 7:07 Want
43. 7:17 Don’t want
44. 7:27 Must
45. 7:37 Work
46. 7:47 Busy (lots to do)
47. 7:58 Busy (crowded)
48. 8:08 Fast
49. 8:19 Slow
50. 8:31 Love
51. 8:42 Hate
52. 8:51 Confused

[clvrarose]

Learning BSL has been a goal of mine and hopefully by the time I start training as an educational psychologist I will have learned enough BSL and colloquial/regional versions too to communicate effectively. These videos are amazing. Thank you!

[iaracassama]

0:10 movie
0:19 book
0:31 camera
0:39 photo
0:50 money
1:01 cheap
1:14 expensive
1:28 flirt
1:36 naughty
1:41 crab
1:52 cat
2:02 crocodile
2:11 come here
2:22 ecstatic
2:31 sad
2:42 how are you
2:50 accident
3:04 dangerous
3:12 risky
3:22 nice
3:32 horrible
3:44 fire
3:52 water
4:01 drink
4:25 wine
4:35 food
4:47 cheese
4:54 chocolate
5:08 fat
5:14 thin
5:24 confident
5:49 stress
6:22 have to put up with
6:34 had it up to here
6:44 suspicious
6:57 go to sleep
7:04 wake up
7:13 want
7:25 Don’t want
7:33 must
7:42 work
7:54 busy
8:03 crowded
8:13 fast
8:23 slow
8:33 I love
8:44 hate
8:53 confused

This is for me

[grandadrock]

Love your videos Dan. I started BSL seriously a week ago. I am doing really well with the help from yourselves!

[gildawilliamsruggi]

Have wanted to learn BSL for years, your videos finally got me started. Thank you for these brilliantly clear videos, fantastic work!

[CaledonianCloud]

So glad I found these videos! Thanks so much for the clear guidance - well-paced and easy to mimic. ❤️
Since Covid, I’ve been teaching in an ASN school and I have only ever taught in mainstream schools before. Very few kids have listening difficulties but all of them benefit from signing, and I’ve been learning from scratch. Can’t believe it’s taken me this long to start learning!

[NightWatch]

Thankyou for this. It gives a chance for basic communication, which is better than none at all. Brilliant 👏

[phantomphydlapirdue]

So grateful Dan. You are giving me hope and a lifeline. Thank you so much

[crafted_by_sophiesophie]

I love your videos, well presented. If possible could you do one for medical professionals such as, do you want pain relief, when did this start and things like that please

[lillybennett]

thank you for this! im learning this now. BSL is a very important thing and easy to learn! it can get you far in life. :)

[catherinesmith]

Brilliant as always Dan. Please keep them coming.

[MrJules]

Fab. So many signs I have forgotten and at the same time many new signs. Thanks you very much. Thanks. Can't wait for your next installment.

[keziahsheldrake]

Went to a deaf school for a few years learnt alot of sign language as some of my friends were partially/totally deaf. Recapping and relearning to teach my friend!!

[elliegrace]

I love your videos !! I’m 15 and want to learn bsl in my spare time and since lockdown have a lot of that 😂 your videos are really clear and help me a lot ! And I’m loving learning new signs and being able to be proud of that 😁I have a video idea where you could talk about hobbies and things I could say I enjoy and how to ask about people opinions ✨😁

[lisascotfive]

Thankyou so much, I have a granddaughter, she’s 5 autistic and non verbal, I’m learning g sign language and teaching it to her so we have another way of communicating, I think it’s a great thing to learn anyway, your videos are so clear and have really helped me

[susansutton]

I enjoyed this video. Thank you Dan the man 🙂

[Lissyknowles]

Movie 0:09
Book 0:22
Camera0:29
Photo 0:46
Money 0:56
Cheap 1:02
Expensive1:12
Flirt 1:22
Naughty 1:33
Crab 1:40
Cat 1:50
Crocodile 1:59
Come here 2:09
Ecstatic 2:19
Sad 2:27
How are you? 2:38
Accident 2:47
Dangerous 3:02
Risky 3:12
Nice 3:20
Horrible 3:30
Fire 3:40
Water 3:49
Drink 4:00
Tea 4:09
Coffee 4:17
Wine 4:26
Food 4:39
Cheese 4:45
Chocolate 4:55
Fat 5:05
Thin 5:13
Confident 5:23
Stress 5:40
Good morning 5:52
Good night 6:04
Have to put up with it 6:17
Had it up to here 6:30
Suspicious 6:41
Go to sleep 6:52
Wake up 7:01
Want 7:09
Don't want 7:23
Must 7:30
Work 7:39
Busy (lots to do) 7:49
Busy (crowded) 7:59
Fast 8:14
Slow 8:19
Love 8:39
Hate 8:43
Confused 8:54

[Hawtsausismecore]

I learnt a few signs in a day! Thank you so much!

[samharrison]

Another great video!! Thank you!
I love that there was a slight pause after the word before you sign it. It gave me a chance to see if I knew the sign.
I have been learning BSL via your videos for 2 months and have now started level 1, one to one lessons via zoom. Aiming to work my way up. Your videos are so easy to follow. 🙏🏼

[drewmcevoy]

Excellent videos! Very clear, calm and informative which makes it a pleasure to learn from this channel!

[realmusic]

Bro this is so good my son put it on
You people what help are gonna get a blessing soon