I'm proud to say that I'm in the first class of hearing students in New Zealand to be studying NZSL at NCEA level 1. I hope to continue on for the next two years learning more as I go. This video was great. Thanks
I'm studying to be an interpreter but as far as I'm aware the only way to do it is to either do a degree at Auckland Uni or transfer over from another country (if you are an interpreter already). I cant afford to go back to Uni, especially not in the most expensive city in NZ, so I am studying in Australia so I can transfer over to NZ after. But I have to learn NZSL as well as Auslan. I thought, may as well learn ASL while I am at it as a lot of the signs are borrowed anyway. Studying in Australia means that I have to stay away from my elderly mother longer than I wanted to. If yas have any other information on how to interpret in NZ please let me know.
@@thekrrib Hi, you can study NZSL in NZ then sit the NAATI exam from when you think you're ready from NZ. NAATI qualifications are recognised here in NZ (I have NAATI, didn't go to Auckland).
Thank you for this! I had a client today who was very good and patient with me. But after she left I realised how ignorant I am to not even know basic signs. When she comes back I want to show respect by being able to communicate even if it's just a little bit. Keen to learn more once I have these signs confidently. 🙂
I'd love to learn words like, electricity, internet, petrol, bus, taxi transport, doctors, prescriptions, rent, groceries, sky tv, anything to do with household expenses and income please. That would be wonderful :)
@@tiac3516 Depending on where you live, there could be classes to help you learn NZSL. Also, have a look on Facebook, there are several pages/groups with NZSL info. Plus search RUclips and Pinterest for NZSL, there are all sorts of things there.
Thank you for this! I love watching these videos so I can come back everyday in hopes of learning them fluently! I realise all these commands are logical and I just need to use them more often thank you again!
I work at a busy and loud cafe, and recently I had a mute customer come in. I was my first encounter to NZSL and I felt bad that I couldn't communicate with her like I would with other customers. From that day I wanted to learn NZSL, even just the basics for the future. I'm glad I found this video, it is very helpful for someone who's just starting to learn NZSL, therefore I want to thank you. I look forward see more of your videos hopefully in the future 😊
Thank you so much!! This has been a great help! My grandson has been picking up some baby sign language from his preschool and it's great knowing that I can easily learn a few words to teach him for home and school to help him communicate!! This was a great help!!
Depending on where you live, there could be classes to help you learn NZSL. Also, have a look on Facebook, there are several pages/groups with NZSL info. Plus search RUclips and Pinterest for NZSL, there are all sorts of things there.
thank you so much Darryl. I really love your video because I can practice before I go home to NZ and will be able to communicate with my nephew, he cannot speak. this video is well made and I appreciate the hard work it took to make it. thanks again.
Please make more videos like this, I work behind the counter and a few people come to my job who are hearing impaired, no body at my job knows sign language, because of that we all have a language barrier. This helped me a bit but would love to see more videos like this.
I am a sign language interpreter for Auslan (Australian Sign Language) I have used auslan for more than 20 years. Both NZSL and Auslan are very similiar. This is a great video for learning the basics of a school environment. Well done. Very helpful..
I'm learning NZSL and your video is very clear and easy to follow. Thanks ps. When we were taught how to sign tired - it was your face and sign that I remembered!
Thank you I have started to lose my hearing quite dramatically in the past two weeks. I have three kids so I’ll be teaching them NZSL as well as learning it myself. This is more fluent then learning through nzsl free site and the nzsl dictionary app. I’m quite happy I already knew a few of these but using in form of questions I hadn’t understood how to do that!
I had just finished a Korean TV drama which included a family of 4 which 3, the Mum, Dad and eldest Son is deaf but the youngest isn’t. Watching it really inspired me to learn NZL and this video helped me a lot! The Korean Drama is called Twinkling Watermelon! it is a must watch, would 100% recommend.
I loved your video, I find almost all were way to fast. I love your speed and clarity. I would love to see more from you. So, I am more prepared for my cousin.
+Darryl Alexander - RTD Hi Darryl a few things I have thought of would be,places around the school like the library, computer/technology room, office, dental nurse, hall, staff room, principal's office, sick bay/room, PE shed, turf, field. and phrases that go along with them. and some signs around assemblies like awards, performances, singing or sign singing, national anthem, power points, presentations, house challenges, house points, jump jam…. and whatever else you can think of :) Can't wait to see your next one!! Thank you heaps!!! Julie
This is awesome and so helpful! But can I ask a dumb question. .... Do I mirror you or opposite of the video? I've learnt a few songs in sign then taught myself to swap sides to make teaching kids easier so they could just mirror me and was thinking is that what you did? Hope that makes sense :)
HI Darryl,, My name is Julie and i am a teacher aide working with a Deaf student. I was wondering if you have made any video resources about or featuring the life education program? or the KOS (keeping Ourselves Safe) program? it was be wonderful to have a resource with the relevant signs to fit these programs. Thank you for your time and I can't wait to see your next video!!
I have a beautiful cousin who is hearing impaired and I have noticed at family functions how lonely and sad, she looks. I am beginning a new future where she will be visiting our family more regularly and I will be able to have a conversation, and include her in every. when we are together. I am So... happy. Thank you.
my bookmarks for later :) hungry - 6:55 thirsty - 6:59 hurt - 7:02 you okay? - 7:07 toilet - 5:46 wait - 1:05 come - 1:08 go - 1:12 look - 1:17 sit - 1:21 stand - 1:26 i want - 2:02 want help? - 4:17 what do you need? - 4:22
Kia ora when signing and speaking te reo it sometimes is backwards to english but still means the same thing is that ok or is there a structure to making sentences? Thank you
We need another video for basic conversations. I have a few colleagues who are Deaf and speak New Zealand Sign. We live in Auckland, so another video using Auckland Sign Language.
I am learning sign language atm but I am ambidextrous so it is sometimes difficult to remember to always use one hand as the dominant. I am mainly right handed so I sign as if I am right handed only. It can confuse the person you are talking with other wise.
Hi Darryl, just wondering about the phrase 'what do you need?' Earlier you show that the sign for "what" is wagging your index finger, and "need" is placing your hand on your chest and moving it down. But when asking "what do you need" the signs are in a different order - so does it translate as 'you need what?' I work in retail, it would be great if I could master this question :) thanks !
Hi sir, I'm working in an Asian restaurant in Auckland. I'd love to make deaf customers feel as welcomed as hearing people. Could you please make a video sharing nzsl words and phrases in that environment? TIA.
Hi Darryl, just wondering if you have a video clip on signing this Karakia: "Cease the winds from the west Cease the winds from the south Let the breeze blow over the land Let the breeze blow over the ocean Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air. A touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day." Thank you.Rj
This video of basic phrases is helping us as educators to teach our kaimahi and tamariki to communicate better with one of our tamariki who is partially deaf. Ngā mihi
Fantastic resource, my cousin who was my age is deaf and growing up it was hard to communicate. I always felt bad but as a child didn’t have the resources to remedy this. I want to encourage my kids to learn NZSL. Do you have video resources available to purchase? Thank you
You can angle the non dominant hand a little inward on 'Z' if you want it to be a bit more clearer too if you like. Generally you would use the sign 'Z' when you are fingerspelling a word so the person you are talking to most probably wouldn't be thinking that you are talking about sitting ... if you forgot to make the downward movement that goes with the 'sit' sign.
I struggle to tell the difference too when the signs are on their own but when they're in a sentence the context makes it clear which word is being used. Plus the facial expressions help, tired shows a weary face! And the lip reading is important too for lots of signs, like cake and muffin which are the same sign but you lip read what the sign meant
You'll need just three signs. (Sign deals with concepts more than grammar, so the word 'a' isn't necessarily needed). Have - nice - day: 1. 'Have' starts with your elbow down but hand in front of your neck (palm toward you with fingers wide open). Bring it down in a 'grabbing' action into a fist, level with your abdomen. 2. 'Nice' / 'Lovely' starts with your dominant hand (I'll use right) open flat (fingers together and thumb extended) by your furthest cheek and slides diagonally back down while closing into a fist by your left shoulder. Alternatively, you could use 'good,' which is a fist with thumb up. 3. 'Day' starts with both hands open flat with the thumbs raised, in front of your abdomen (almost against you). Keeping your elbows stationary, pivot both forearms up 45 degrees. NB: To replace day with 'morning,' start with one open flat hand (palm away from you), with the fingers radiating up, and the thumb and forefinger making a circle at the bottom, then pivot up 45 degrees on the stationary elbow (like the sun rising). If I haven't explained these clearly enough, search up each word on the Victoria University of Wellington Dictionary of NZ Sign at nzsl.vuw.ac.nz
I'm proud to say that I'm in the first class of hearing students in New Zealand to be studying NZSL at NCEA level 1. I hope to continue on for the next two years learning more as I go. This video was great. Thanks
I'm studying to be an interpreter but as far as I'm aware the only way to do it is to either do a degree at Auckland Uni or transfer over from another country (if you are an interpreter already). I cant afford to go back to Uni, especially not in the most expensive city in NZ, so I am studying in Australia so I can transfer over to NZ after. But I have to learn NZSL as well as Auslan. I thought, may as well learn ASL while I am at it as a lot of the signs are borrowed anyway. Studying in Australia means that I have to stay away from my elderly mother longer than I wanted to. If yas have any other information on how to interpret in NZ please let me know.
I hope you finished your NZSL, NCEA. I am really happy for you. I think it is very useful language to learn. All the best.
@@thekrrib Hi, you can study NZSL in NZ then sit the NAATI exam from when you think you're ready from NZ. NAATI qualifications are recognised here in NZ (I have NAATI, didn't go to Auckland).
Thank you for this! I had a client today who was very good and patient with me. But after she left I realised how ignorant I am to not even know basic signs. When she comes back I want to show respect by being able to communicate even if it's just a little bit. Keen to learn more once I have these signs confidently. 🙂
I'd love to learn words like, electricity, internet, petrol, bus, taxi transport, doctors, prescriptions, rent, groceries, sky tv, anything to do with household expenses and income please. That would be wonderful :)
@@tiac3516 Depending on where you live, there could be classes to help you learn NZSL. Also, have a look on Facebook, there are several pages/groups with NZSL info. Plus search RUclips and Pinterest for NZSL, there are all sorts of things there.
@carolyn. I found a free course and completed lvl 1. I loved it, now to continue on.
Thank you Darryl this was so easy to understand. This is one of the best sign language videos for New Zealand
0:13 - greetings. 1:02 - commands. 1:40 - request signs. 2:47 item signs. 3:25 - wh questions. 4:00 - request phrases. 4:57 - task signs. 5:53 - activity signs. 6:51 - survival signs. 7:15 - days & weather. 8:29 - outside phrases
Thanks Margaret! This saves time.
Thank you for this! I love watching these videos so I can come back everyday in hopes of learning them fluently! I realise all these commands are logical and I just need to use them more often thank you again!
please create more videos. this video is great!
I work at a busy and loud cafe, and recently I had a mute customer come in. I was my first encounter to NZSL and I felt bad that I couldn't communicate with her like I would with other customers. From that day I wanted to learn NZSL, even just the basics for the future. I'm glad I found this video, it is very helpful for someone who's just starting to learn NZSL, therefore I want to thank you. I look forward see more of your videos hopefully in the future 😊
Thank you so much!! This has been a great help! My grandson has been picking up some baby sign language from his preschool and it's great knowing that I can easily learn a few words to teach him for home and school to help him communicate!! This was a great help!!
Please make more!!! This is amazing!! Best nz sign video on here :)
This is amazing! I've really been wanting to learn NZSL and this video is so simple, yet so comprehensive. thank you!
Depending on where you live, there could be classes to help you learn NZSL. Also, have a look on Facebook, there are several pages/groups with NZSL info. Plus search RUclips and Pinterest for NZSL, there are all sorts of things there.
For the longest time I've had a huge interest in NZSL thank you for a very informative video. Awesome job!
thank you so much Darryl. I really love your video because I can practice before I go home to NZ and will be able to communicate with my nephew, he cannot speak. this video is well made and I appreciate the hard work it took to make it. thanks again.
by the way yours is the best and most informative on RUclips.
Please make more videos like this, I work behind the counter and a few people come to my job who are hearing impaired, no body at my job knows sign language, because of that we all have a language barrier. This helped me a bit but would love to see more videos like this.
I am a sign language interpreter for Auslan (Australian Sign Language) I have used auslan for more than 20 years. Both NZSL and Auslan are very similiar. This is a great video for learning the basics of a school environment. Well done. Very helpful..
I'm learning NZSL and your video is very clear and easy to follow. Thanks
ps. When we were taught how to sign tired - it was your face and sign that I remembered!
Thank you I have started to lose my hearing quite dramatically in the past two weeks. I have three kids so I’ll be teaching them NZSL as well as learning it myself. This is more fluent then learning through nzsl free site and the nzsl dictionary app. I’m quite happy I already knew a few of these but using in form of questions I hadn’t understood how to do that!
Thank you so much! This is so helpful for helping me learn some NZSL
Thank you, this video is so good. I'm just learning and this one is the best I've found so far. Hope there will be more.
This is awsome! Thankyou, and God bless!
So great thanks so much. I've saved this so I can keep learning some little things so I can help others if they need it
Thank you. This video helped me a lot.
Better than some baby nzsl songs WOW THIS VIDEO HELPS US A LOT :)
I had just finished a Korean TV drama which included a family of 4 which 3, the Mum, Dad and eldest Son is deaf but the youngest isn’t. Watching it really inspired me to learn NZL and this video helped me a lot!
The Korean Drama is called Twinkling Watermelon! it is a must watch, would 100% recommend.
Brilliant, slow and easy to understand. Thank you
Awesome video. Thanks so much, Darryl.
Loved your video. Very informative and great to learn from. Thank you for making it and hope to see more
Recently almost profoundly deaf and trying to teach my young children NZSL and I only know TC. Thank you for this :D Please make more!!
I loved your video, I find almost all were way to fast. I love your speed and clarity. I would love to see more from you. So, I am more prepared for my cousin.
People turning their volume up:
This is informational.m glad I came across this video
Amaizing, Thank you for sharing and helping me learn easier!
Thankyou my daughter loves your tutorial ..
wow im good at this now lol thanks alot
OMFG!!!!! YOU ARE IN THE NZ ANTHEM SIGN LANGUAGE SONG RIGHT????? SUBSCRIBED
Famous man. Hehe 😃
Thanks so much for this. Great mahi! I would have liked to see the sign for 'again'.
This is awesome thank you!!! I can't wait to see your other videos!!!!
+Darryl Alexander - RTD
Hi Darryl
a few things I have thought of would be,places around the school like the library, computer/technology room, office, dental nurse, hall, staff room, principal's office, sick bay/room, PE shed, turf, field. and phrases that go along with them.
and some signs around assemblies like awards, performances, singing or sign singing, national anthem, power points, presentations, house challenges, house points, jump jam…. and whatever else you can think of :)
Can't wait to see your next one!!
Thank you heaps!!!
Julie
This is such a great video! helped heaps thanks
such a great video! Thank you
Thank you for making this video, it's so interesting to learn sign language.
Greetings from Indonesia ♥
thanks fof the video. just wondering, can you still sign by swapping hands ( left handed vs right handed )
This is awesome and so helpful! But can I ask a dumb question. .... Do I mirror you or opposite of the video? I've learnt a few songs in sign then taught myself to swap sides to make teaching kids easier so they could just mirror me and was thinking is that what you did? Hope that makes sense :)
Just subd gud work man
Really good. Thourouly enjoyed that. Wouldnt be surprised if we meet in the future. Good Man.
HI Darryl,,
My name is Julie and i am a teacher aide working with a Deaf student.
I was wondering if you have made any video resources about or featuring the life education program? or the KOS (keeping Ourselves Safe) program?
it was be wonderful to have a resource with the relevant signs to fit these programs.
Thank you for your time and I can't wait to see your next video!!
You are a great teacher ^_^
Thank you this was awesome
thank you so much! im learning to speak nzsl just incase anyone deaf mute or hard of hearing needs help ☺️
Great Video Darryl, any chance of another one. I'm just learning NZSL and I found your video a great help. Well done.
Hi, is there a sign for Principal, Teacher or Admin? I enjoyed your video by the way, discovered some new signs :-)
awesome thanks
I like how nzsl is mostly common sense signs of describing the word.
I have a beautiful cousin who is hearing impaired and I have noticed at family functions how lonely and sad, she looks. I am beginning a new future where she will be visiting our family more regularly and I will be able to have a conversation, and include her in every. when we are together. I am
So... happy. Thank you.
my bookmarks for later :)
hungry - 6:55
thirsty - 6:59
hurt - 7:02
you okay? - 7:07
toilet - 5:46
wait - 1:05
come - 1:08
go - 1:12
look - 1:17
sit - 1:21
stand - 1:26
i want - 2:02
want help? - 4:17
what do you need? - 4:22
Very helpful! Thank you :)
Kia ora when signing and speaking te reo it sometimes is backwards to english but still means the same thing is that ok or is there a structure to making sentences? Thank you
Yes am also wanting to know the answer to this question too.
@@arohangaau9894 NZSL has its own sentence strructure.
Pls more video of this man.amazing
We need another video for basic conversations. I have a few colleagues who are Deaf and speak New Zealand Sign. We live in Auckland, so another video using Auckland Sign Language.
Thanks for the great video - is it significant wether we use the left or right hand?
I am learning sign language atm but I am ambidextrous so it is sometimes difficult to remember to always use one hand as the dominant. I am mainly right handed so I sign as if I am right handed only. It can confuse the person you are talking with other wise.
Can you please do some finger spelling practice exercises too?
very nice video.
Hi Darryl, just wondering about the phrase 'what do you need?' Earlier you show that the sign for "what" is wagging your index finger, and "need" is placing your hand on your chest and moving it down. But when asking "what do you need" the signs are in a different order - so does it translate as 'you need what?' I work in retail, it would be great if I could master this question :) thanks !
Hi Darryl, I am wondering if you can help me sign a sentence for a University project? I want to make sure I am doing it correctly.
Claire
Hi sir,
I'm working in an Asian restaurant in Auckland. I'd love to make deaf customers feel as welcomed as hearing people. Could you please make a video sharing nzsl words and phrases in that environment? TIA.
Hi Darryl, just wondering if you have a video clip on signing this Karakia:
"Cease the winds from the west
Cease the winds from the south
Let the breeze blow over the land
Let the breeze blow over the ocean
Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air.
A touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day."
Thank you.Rj
Darryl Alexander, this is awesome! Thank you soooooo much. I can't wait to teach my students. Very grateful for this.
please make more im a year 8 and im going to lean NZSL and i want to ipress the teacher
PS: im a bad speller.
This video of basic phrases is helping us as educators to teach our kaimahi and tamariki to communicate better with one of our tamariki who is partially deaf. Ngā mihi
Fantastic resource, my cousin who was my age is deaf and growing up it was hard to communicate. I always felt bad but as a child didn’t have the resources to remedy this. I want to encourage my kids to learn NZSL. Do you have video resources available to purchase? Thank you
Excellent
Can you please sign Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick's version of True Colours for me please🙏🙏
so if you don't mind can you tell me more about nzl sign language.
I'm an Indian who loves New Zealand cultures.
I just moved to a new apartment, my neighbor is deaf so I wanted to learn NZSL to say hello and ask how he is each day.
Could you please show me how to sign ' Today we are talking about respect'?
I know this is a huge ask but could you please do the extended version of the national anthem? Respect from the UK.
how to say I miss you in nzsl?
hi :) I'm curious, why does the letter 'Z' look like the command 'Sit' ??
You can angle the non dominant hand a little inward on 'Z' if you want it to be a bit more clearer too if you like. Generally you would use the sign 'Z' when you are fingerspelling a word so the person you are talking to most probably wouldn't be thinking that you are talking about sitting ... if you forgot to make the downward movement that goes with the 'sit' sign.
Williams Richard Anderson Robert White Helen
Nice video
its been so long since i learnt NZSL since i'm part deaf so i need to re learn somethings
We all came here after watching “a silent voice”
how do you tell I'm tired and i need apart?
I struggle to tell the difference too when the signs are on their own but when they're in a sentence the context makes it clear which word is being used. Plus the facial expressions help, tired shows a weary face! And the lip reading is important too for lots of signs, like cake and muffin which are the same sign but you lip read what the sign meant
Can someone please show me how to say, have a nice day?
You'll need just three signs. (Sign deals with concepts more than grammar, so the word 'a' isn't necessarily needed).
Have - nice - day:
1. 'Have' starts with your elbow down but hand in front of your neck (palm toward you with fingers wide open). Bring it down in a 'grabbing' action into a fist, level with your abdomen.
2. 'Nice' / 'Lovely' starts with your dominant hand (I'll use right) open flat (fingers together and thumb extended) by your furthest cheek and slides diagonally back down while closing into a fist by your left shoulder. Alternatively, you could use 'good,' which is a fist with thumb up.
3. 'Day' starts with both hands open flat with the thumbs raised, in front of your abdomen (almost against you). Keeping your elbows stationary, pivot both forearms up 45 degrees.
NB: To replace day with 'morning,' start with one open flat hand (palm away from you), with the fingers radiating up, and the thumb and forefinger making a circle at the bottom, then pivot up 45 degrees on the stationary elbow (like the sun rising).
If I haven't explained these clearly enough, search up each word on the Victoria University of Wellington Dictionary of NZ Sign at nzsl.vuw.ac.nz