i know American sign language and i even got a certificate from my college. I took ASL 1-4, Deaf culture and visual gestures. I was going to be an interpreter so i took some interpreting classes before i quit. Not many people use it near me, so i am rusty.
when you used the example of EAT and EATING, you inadvertently made an error. repeating EAT turns it into the noun FOOD. these kinds of signs are referred to as NOUN-VERB pairs. to show eat (or any non-directional verb) being done over time, the movement is repeated but in a circular movement (moving toward the mouth, down, out and then back up to the starting point, and this is done at least twice). the speed with which the sign is done gives additional information as the length of the ongoing eating. "We kept eating" is done as described above, but "We were eating for what seemed forever" is signed as above but the rotating movement of EAT is slow and "dramatic" hope this makes sense
Hi, you only raise your eyebrows if it is a yes or no question 😅 if you are expecting a more complex answer then you squint your eyebrows if that makes sense. Also there are many ways people have written ASL including ASL gloss, ASLwrite, and si5s. Great video!
Nice video! Some fact checking: De l'Épée didn't bring sign language to America, he started a system of schools in France. One of his pupils, Laurent Clerc, brought LSF to America, where it creolized with some of the signed languages already in use by American Deaf, such as Martha's Vineyard Sign. He did this with the assistance of Thomas Gallaudet - I think your video may have conflated these three figures. ASL and BSL both use two hands while signing, but ASL uses only one to fingerspell. Also, I don't think signed languages could possibly evolved from fingerspelling, as signing communities existed well before the invention of written language (see Village Sign Languages)
I know a Sign Language which I think is a variation of ASL. The for eating is done the way you did except it's acted twice even if it's already done. So it varies in every system.
So if you are signing a conversation where you are mentioning a whole bunch of proper names, of people, places, whatever - do you have to hand spell all the names out every time you say them? (eg. Brad Smith, John Weaver, Julia McDonald, Tim Wood and Jennifer Chang went on a road trip to Washington, Atlanta and Richmond, and then stopped off at Mary Brown's house on the way home.) Wouldn't that take a long time to sign?
OK, I don't know ASL but I'm learning British Sign Language, so I'll give you an answer for BSL but I don't know how much it is the same. In BSL lots of people and places have sign names. A sign name can be an a shortened version of the English name e.g. Edinburgh is sometimes referred to as E-D-H (using fingerspelling). Sign names can also be related to the apperance, work or habits of a person. A Deaf lady I know uses a sign name for Boris Johnson that could be said to mean 'messy hair' (I love that one!), its a motion as if flicking up a fringe. Sometimes sign names are related to the English name, for exaple Swansea (a town) can be signed the same as 'swan'. Theres a seaside town in Britain called Blackpool which is an interesting example because it uses it combines two of these types of sign names. It's signed as 'Black tower'. Black from the English name, tower because Blackpool has a famous tower. Placement involves pointing at a spot in the air around you after giving the name or sign name. That spot then repressents the person or place you referred to. I'll try to give an example. Let's imagine I'm telling you a story about my mother. The first time I sign 'My mother' I then point at a place to my right and level with me. Every time I would use 'she' or 'her' in English I point back to that spot and the person I'm talking with knows who I'm referring to. Last point: Deaf people often fingerspell really, really fast. If a Deaf person fingerspells to me at full native speed I'll know they've fingerspelled something, but even a year into lessons I still might not be able to pick up more that a letter or two. Appologies for length, hopefully it was at least slightly interesting!
Thank you so much like really it's like learning something without words quite literally I can't help but imagine how helpful would it be to communicate with people who can't hear it's our responsibility and so I decided to watch the video you explained the basics perfectly so thank you again for this essential knowledge.
British sign language uses 2 hands *for the finger spelling alphabet.* Both sign languages use both hands, but ASL uses only one hand for the fingerspelling.
I believe the 500k stat was assuming that all Deaf and HoH use ASL, which is unfortunately not the case. However, a whole lot of people sign in most American cities, and it’s absolutely worth learning and easy to pick up on the basics and get started.
The part about Chinese characters not offering pronunciation information is not quite true. Although it is true that some characters were created or evolved purely from symbols/drawings, but the majority of the characters were created by combining a sematic component + pronunciation component. It is just not very obvious to non-speakers because it is not spelt out with phonetical letters, thus the misconception.
I love how Connecticut makes the most random appearances ~ that’s my home state lol 💕 but also sign language was used many centuries ago by hunters in Africa, so it’s a language that has worldly cultural roots. Humans are expert communicators, we’ve even invented ways of doing it without our mouths.
I have been trying to word this question correctly and I can't get an answer and luckily this came up, I'm trying to figure out how to READ SIGN LANGUAGE... I know how to sign beginner level ASL/PSE but for some reason Understanding it signed back to me is more difficult, I'll need it repeated like 3 times and slowly
this is true of learning any language. my ASL students will often say, "You're signing too fast" when i'm actually slowing down my sign. its' just that they aren't used to it. the phrase i use with my ASL students is this: "My hands aren't too fast. Your eyes just need help to catch up. So let me help you with that". the only way to correct/improve this is to interact regularly with signers who are able to sign slightly/moderately better than yourself. this allows them to quickly adjust speed when needed to aid in comprehension, but also push your eyes to "work faster". you can limit discussions to topics that you have been studying so that your brain already has a context. of course this will limit further vocabulary development within a conversation, but will aid in making your eyes "faster". one trick my students will use is to watch videos on youtube and adjust the speed to 1/2, then 3/4, then full. you can try that...but nothing will replace just signing with someone. hope that helps
No problem :DI just watched The newer Planet of the Apes last night and there is extensive sign language in it and then this came up and I was like, “Oh this is ironic!”
Are you spelling out full sentences with your hands, or just general ideas with movements? I don't understand how a couple of movements can mean "New Jersey"
Sign languages existed before finger spelling, and fingerspelling seems to be an addition from hearing people. Generally this seams to be a well researched video, but that is one glaring error.
If you're going to make a video about sign language, please make your videos accessible to us deaf viewers by captioning your videos. It doesn't make sense to have videos about us while making them inaccessible to us. Thank you!
I have watched a good few of your videos and it was a nice surprise to run into one of your comments. Keep up the good content. I just finished a submission of captions for this video~ Hopefully they'll be up soon.
So... I don't have a channel with tons of subscribers, so I don't know how it works exactly (and I haven't submitted subtitles before so maybe I did something wrong there) but do you know why he wouldn't have accepted the CCs yet? Is it just a time issue where he hasn't looked at the submission yet?
I love how the background perfectly matches his skin tone!
i know American sign language and i even got a certificate from my college. I took ASL 1-4, Deaf culture and visual gestures. I was going to be an interpreter so i took some interpreting classes before i quit. Not many people use it near me, so i am rusty.
So I’m high watching a movie, and
I asked myself. How complex is sign language? And I found this video that did an amazing job explaining it.
omggg im high rn i js seen a tt abt a deaf girl n she was doing sign language and i got curious how it worked
when you used the example of EAT and EATING, you inadvertently made an error. repeating EAT turns it into the noun FOOD. these kinds of signs are referred to as NOUN-VERB pairs. to show eat (or any non-directional verb) being done over time, the movement is repeated but in a circular movement (moving toward the mouth, down, out and then back up to the starting point, and this is done at least twice). the speed with which the sign is done gives additional information as the length of the ongoing eating. "We kept eating" is done as described above, but "We were eating for what seemed forever" is signed as above but the rotating movement of EAT is slow and "dramatic"
hope this makes sense
Yes but makes sign language seem harder
@@Stringerbe11bc it is
Omg the dance at the in killed me 😂
I am a qualified translator in BSL. I have also done some interpreting in my time too. This is a really well made video, great job!
Lol that dance at the end was cute! Thanks for the interesting vid, mate!
Hi, you only raise your eyebrows if it is a yes or no question 😅 if you are expecting a more complex answer then you squint your eyebrows if that makes sense. Also there are many ways people have written ASL including ASL gloss, ASLwrite, and si5s. Great video!
and Sign Writting can be used to write any Sign Language
I have always wanted to learn sign language - thanks for the video :)
Nice video! Some fact checking:
De l'Épée didn't bring sign language to America, he started a system of schools in France. One of his pupils, Laurent Clerc, brought LSF to America, where it creolized with some of the signed languages already in use by American Deaf, such as Martha's Vineyard Sign. He did this with the assistance of Thomas Gallaudet - I think your video may have conflated these three figures.
ASL and BSL both use two hands while signing, but ASL uses only one to fingerspell.
Also, I don't think signed languages could possibly evolved from fingerspelling, as signing communities existed well before the invention of written language (see Village Sign Languages)
Awesome explanation. Just what I was looking for.
answered all the questions i had lol
I know a Sign Language which I think is a variation of ASL. The for eating is done the way you did except it's acted twice even if it's already done. So it varies in every system.
So informative. Much dancing!
Your outro made me subscribed.
Thank you so much! This was really informative
So if you are signing a conversation where you are mentioning a whole bunch of proper names, of people, places, whatever - do you have to hand spell all the names out every time you say them? (eg. Brad Smith, John Weaver, Julia McDonald, Tim Wood and Jennifer Chang went on a road trip to Washington, Atlanta and Richmond, and then stopped off at Mary Brown's house on the way home.) Wouldn't that take a long time to sign?
OK, I don't know ASL but I'm learning British Sign Language, so I'll give you an answer for BSL but I don't know how much it is the same.
In BSL lots of people and places have sign names. A sign name can be an a shortened version of the English name e.g. Edinburgh is sometimes referred to as E-D-H (using fingerspelling). Sign names can also be related to the apperance, work or habits of a person. A Deaf lady I know uses a sign name for Boris Johnson that could be said to mean 'messy hair' (I love that one!), its a motion as if flicking up a fringe. Sometimes sign names are related to the English name, for exaple Swansea (a town) can be signed the same as 'swan'. Theres a seaside town in Britain called Blackpool which is an interesting example because it uses it combines two of these types of sign names. It's signed as 'Black tower'. Black from the English name, tower because Blackpool has a famous tower.
Placement involves pointing at a spot in the air around you after giving the name or sign name. That spot then repressents the person or place you referred to. I'll try to give an example. Let's imagine I'm telling you a story about my mother. The first time I sign 'My mother' I then point at a place to my right and level with me. Every time I would use 'she' or 'her' in English I point back to that spot and the person I'm talking with knows who I'm referring to.
Last point: Deaf people often fingerspell really, really fast. If a Deaf person fingerspells to me at full native speed I'll know they've fingerspelled something, but even a year into lessons I still might not be able to pick up more that a letter or two.
Appologies for length, hopefully it was at least slightly interesting!
Thank you so much like really it's like learning something without words quite literally I can't help but imagine how helpful would it be to communicate with people who can't hear it's our responsibility and so I decided to watch the video you explained the basics perfectly so thank you again for this essential knowledge.
British sign language uses 2 hands *for the finger spelling alphabet.* Both sign languages use both hands, but ASL uses only one hand for the fingerspelling.
I believe the 500k stat was assuming that all Deaf and HoH use ASL, which is unfortunately not the case. However, a whole lot of people sign in most American cities, and it’s absolutely worth learning and easy to pick up on the basics and get started.
I'm learning irish sign language ❤
Nice video! thanks
Good video. Very informative.
The part about Chinese characters not offering pronunciation information is not quite true. Although it is true that some characters were created or evolved purely from symbols/drawings, but the majority of the characters were created by combining a sematic component + pronunciation component. It is just not very obvious to non-speakers because it is not spelt out with phonetical letters, thus the misconception.
Yes, i Was Just haveing the same thoughts
I love how Connecticut makes the most random appearances ~ that’s my home state lol 💕 but also sign language was used many centuries ago by hunters in Africa, so it’s a language that has worldly cultural roots. Humans are expert communicators, we’ve even invented ways of doing it without our mouths.
I have been trying to word this question correctly and I can't get an answer and luckily this came up, I'm trying to figure out how to READ SIGN LANGUAGE... I know how to sign beginner level ASL/PSE but for some reason Understanding it signed back to me is more difficult, I'll need it repeated like 3 times and slowly
I think practice is the only remedy for that.
this is true of learning any language. my ASL students will often say, "You're signing too fast" when i'm actually slowing down my sign. its' just that they aren't used to it. the phrase i use with my ASL students is this: "My hands aren't too fast. Your eyes just need help to catch up. So let me help you with that".
the only way to correct/improve this is to interact regularly with signers who are able to sign slightly/moderately better than yourself. this allows them to quickly adjust speed when needed to aid in comprehension, but also push your eyes to "work faster".
you can limit discussions to topics that you have been studying so that your brain already has a context. of course this will limit further vocabulary development within a conversation, but will aid in making your eyes "faster".
one trick my students will use is to watch videos on youtube and adjust the speed to 1/2, then 3/4, then full. you can try that...but nothing will replace just signing with someone.
hope that helps
Great video!!! :D
First one here and I am not disappointed!
Thank you :D
No problem :DI just watched The newer Planet of the Apes last night and there is extensive sign language in it and then this came up and I was like, “Oh this is ironic!”
Thank you
Too much ASL. It would be nice to know how sign languages are different besides that BSL uses two-hands letter spelling
ASL is more common due to population size so nah I’m good on learning BSL
man, that outro is crazy
Sir? Your history on ASL is wrong.
Are you spelling out full sentences with your hands, or just general ideas with movements? I don't understand how a couple of movements can mean "New Jersey"
Chinese characters do have a set pronunciation, but I get you
Sign languages existed before finger spelling, and fingerspelling seems to be an addition from hearing people. Generally this seams to be a well researched video, but that is one glaring error.
Q in British sign language 💀
If you're going to make a video about sign language, please make your videos accessible to us deaf viewers by captioning your videos. It doesn't make sense to have videos about us while making them inaccessible to us. Thank you!
I have watched a good few of your videos and it was a nice surprise to run into one of your comments. Keep up the good content. I just finished a submission of captions for this video~ Hopefully they'll be up soon.
So... I don't have a channel with tons of subscribers, so I don't know how it works exactly (and I haven't submitted subtitles before so maybe I did something wrong there) but do you know why he wouldn't have accepted the CCs yet? Is it just a time issue where he hasn't looked at the submission yet?
Rappers are pretty good at Sign Languages
I could never understand the English and their sign accents.
OMG
1. Sign languages did NOT develop from fingerspellings!
2. "Sign languages do not have words"?!?!?!?
My only question is how you have zero base in your voice as a man