How to Sign Greetings and Manners in British Sign Language (BSL)

A demonstration of some simple greetings and manners in British Sign Language (BSL).

The lip pattern for the signs "please" and "thank you" help differentiate the words.

Included in this video are the following signs: hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night, please, thank you, sorry, how are you, I'm well/fine, what's your name, my name is and goodbye.

Thanks for watching! ✋

[Unknownmissy]

I had a customer that I did not initially realise was deaf - I wish I knew how to say hello, good bye and Thankyou at least. Came straight here just in case he came again.

[melissacussons]

I love this video thank you so much. I’m learning sign language all by my self from watching these videos. The reason behind it is that I serve a very lovely lady at work who is deaf. I want to communicate with her like I do with everyone else for her to feel welcome to our supermarket. I would love to learn about how to sign language: “the total is £50.00 please” for example. Thank you for reading!

[hannahholness]

For those doing revision, here's a list:

1. Hello
2. Good morning
3. Good Afternoon
4. Good Evening
5. Good Night
6/7. Please/Thank You
8. Sorry
9. How are you?
10. I'm Well/Fine
11. What's Your Name?
12. My name is...
12. Goodbye
Hope this helps :)

[Limhere]

Honestly, I’m loving what you’re doing! I’ve only recently started learning and this is really helpful!

[joannerigby]

I have a friend who's deaf and I couldn't under stand her but commanding hands had been a big help I totally recommend him

[bethywethyy]

Hi! I’m a young learner, me and my cousin are learning sign language because we think it may come in handy one day! Your channel has really helped! Thank you!

[lindaburns]

That’s a great video, Thankyou. It’s really good that the grammar, or the order of the words are shown as well as it’s so tempting to try and sign as one would speak. A great addition to your excellent teaching..

[bristolveggiebeds]

So glad I found this vlog it's So comprehensive! And it seems to be the only one that is still adding new content! I've recently started learning sign language !

[myribunt]

This is so clear and paced perfectly! Thank you!

[willwarriner]

When I say thank you, I close my palm, I dont know if that's what other people do, but that's what they taught me to do, so people could see the difference between me saying please and thank you. Awsome tutorials by the way, they help my friends alot

[poppyoneill]

I watched it times and I’m really excited to use them in conversations

[louisestrachan]

I love your videos, thank you for uploading them! I am finding there to be some differences between different sources, but yours are very clear to understand!

[montyfondleworth]

Really helped with a deaf customer thanks so much

[linsp]

Thank you for teaching us...
Now i finally know the basic sign language...

[kkmc]

I'm trying to learn even the basics for the moment due to our postman being deaf, I feel the need to at least be able to say hello how are you to him. Always a mix of thumbs ups when handing me stuff and that's it.

So this video is perfect!

[jess]

started learning BLS today, this is the first video I've watched, I've wanted to learn to sign for a while but I've always put it off thinking it would take me ages, but this year I've decided I'll learn and this video's made it a lot easier than I thought it'd be. I'm sad I'm having to teach my self this and that I wasn't taught in school as a mandatory class but I'm glad I've finally started learning.

[danmorland]

Thank you.. I'm learning the basics because of my job and this is a huge help. Please keep posting

[ceinwenbran]

I am watching at half speed and that also is really helpful for the first few times, to really get the hand positions correct.

[SalemSalamander]

I work at a holiday place and I notice a couple of people with hearing ads and I know those help people hear but I’m still what to teach myself sign so I can be as inclusive and make things easier for everyone

[Olivia-xyrz]

This is really helpful! Ive just started learning learning bsl with my class!