Hello ASL Heroes!!! Hey, I could really use your help. If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you. A small (or more if you can afford it) donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com. You can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here right now and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!” www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint Or use Patreon at www.patreon.com/ASLU Every little bit helps so much! Thanks! - Dr. Bill p.s. Want to have your very own USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL instruction for just $79.95? See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at: lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm Take care and love to you all. :)
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Ways to support the ASL University channel: 1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars 2. Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) 3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos. 4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see). 5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu 6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc (For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ ) 7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G 8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
signs that move right to left OR left to right such as cafeteria, staff, member, farmer and many more.. does it always matter if you begin on the right or left ? Is there a specific rule to this? (assume you are right handed) THANKS.. great video!
Hmmmm... I strive to be respectful of my students -- even when kidding around. I hope there was some context or background to make such kidding "okay." For example -- if I'm calling the student sitting there in the video with me "fat" it is (or should be) obvious to the viewers that he has an amazing body and is in great shape!
O yes I assumed that there was more too it than we see. I didn't think you were truelly just calling someone out on their weight. Though I have noticed the Deaf community is more direct and less likely to beat around the bush. Which I personally appreciate.
That is a fact! We tend to be "Deaf blunt." However, (as with any society) there are those who are actually bi-cultural (and thus know the rules of both societies) yet are blunt out of rudeness -- not because of being naive about the rules of Hearing culture. If you find a Deaf friend who works hard to be both blunt and kind at the same time -- that person is a treasure to hang on to.
After reading Valeria's comment I went to that section of the video and can confirm I was signing pregnant (not fat). (0:35 see just after the 38 second mark)
In your example, "How many signs do you know altogether?" does it matter if it's signed, "ALTOGETHER YOU KNOW HOW MANY SIGN?" or "ALTOGETHER YOU KNOW SIGN( or SIGN YOU KNOW) HOW MANY?" I think previously I've learned HOW MANY should go last. I think I know some Deaf and hearing people who'd fight it as such and argue the way it's signed in the video is more "English." Does it matter? Is one more "true ASL" vs "English?"
Kali, Homework assignment for you: Read the following: 1. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/subject-verb-object-asl-sentence-structure.htm 2. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/store-i-go-the-myth.htm 3. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/wh-rightward-movement-unnecessary-in-very-short-questions.htm Sure, lots of folks would fight over almost "anything" just to have something to fight over and feel important about. However, let me share with you this quote from Steven Surrency: "Formulaic Syntax. Many interpreters, in their zeal to learn and preserve ASL, often develop an unnuanced, formulaic idea of what ASL is. As a result, they apply overly simplistic “rules” about what constitutes “pure” ASL. For instance, such interpreters expect all ASL sentences to use topicalization or right-movement of wh-questions (wh- question words at the ends of sentences). Such an approach reveals an incomplete understanding of the wide range of syntactic variation available in ASL" [Source: Surrency, S. (Nov.10, 2015) "Respecting Language: Sign Language Interpreters as Linguistic Descriptivists," Street Leverage, retrieved from streetleverage.com/tag/steven-surrency/ ]
It doesn't matter. Just be consistent. See some of the videos I do with my assistant "Alex" She is left handed. ruclips.net/video/gB-VMwc7xCw/видео.html
I am still learning, and don't know all of the signs you use so I feel like tr here is so much I miss in trying to learn. I love your videos because you have already taught me so much. But I was wondering if there was a way to do captions, so I can understand what I am missing? If not I will keep trying to learn
He teaches in levels. You could try going back a bit further and starting out with the beginning videos. There will be a lot of redundancy if you already know quite a lot, but when he shows you something simple that you've never known how to do it will stick got the rest of the lessons.
This really helps: Go to the Lifeprint Lesson XX webpage (for whatever lesson you're working on). There is little list of things to read, such as about grammar or deaf history, etc. Do these things. Then there is a list of vocabulary words. If you click on each word, it brings up a webpage about that word and its nuances. Do this for all the words. Then look at the sentences on the webpage, and read any other notes there. It also helps if you start at Lesson 1 and don't skip around. I have heard that it is much easier for younger people to pick up a language. I am a Senior citizen, so it might be harder for me, so I figured out the above strategy to help myself.
That would be a good question to ask the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ However, since you have asked me, I'll respond: QUESTION: What's the difference from ADD-to & PLUS for math? Is there a difference? ANSWER: When applied to "math" the signs ADD-to and PLUS overlap a lot. Both signs can be used to refer to the concept of "adding an amount to some other amount." The ADD-to sign can suggest that something smaller is being added to something bigger and/or to an additional amount is being added to an established group of other amounts (or an existing / previously identified set of things). However, the PLUS be used to refer to the + symbol specifically if needed (and the ADD-to sign can't be used for referring to the "plus symbol"). The PLUS sign can also be used to discuss "positive" numbers (the ADD-to sign isn't used to distinguish between negative and positive numbers). The way to tease out the differences between the signs ADD-to and PLUS is to consider the types of concepts that one sign can be matched with that the other sign doesn't tend to be matched with. For example, earlier today I used the sign ADD-to to mean "bonus." I wouldn't generally use the PLUS sign to mean "bonus." Also it is common to see ADD-to used to mean "extra" (as in an extra amount being added to something). It is common to use the PLUS sign to mean "positive" in the sense of outlook. You could sign PLUS ATTITUDE to mean "positive attitude" -- but you wouldn't use the ADD-to sign to mean "positive" as in "positive attitude." If discussing a recipe in which you "need to add a little something" (to make it taste better) -- you might use the ADD-to sign but you would certainly not use the PLUS sign. For example point at the food and sign "NEED ADD-to SOMETHING." (Or just sign "NEED SOMETHING" = "It needs something.") The PLUS sign can mean "pro" as in "the pros and cons" of a decision. You wouldn't sign "ADD-to" for that concept. (Instead of "the pros and cons" you'd end up meaning "additional negatives.")
Please, what is your favorite restaurant? 33:05. I give up..half speed fifteen times. Searched google for all the words I thought you might have spelled.
I spelled: Joe Carib's More formally known as: Joe Caribé Bistro & Cafe joe-caribe.com/ That is in the Auburn, California area. I haven't been up that way for a while now but I still recall how good the food was. Looks like the restaurant is up for sale. I hope the new owners can keep a good thing going. ------------------------------- How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Ways to support the ASL University channel: * For donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm * Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars * Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) * Click the “Share” link and share the videos. Thanks!
Right. While "Deaf blunt" (being very direct) is an aspect of our culture and/or I joke around a lot in class -- but I'm pretty sure I was just referring to the student being pregnant (actually, "very pregnant" -- the added facial expression I in this context was used to indicate "very" (as in very pregnant). Also, for readers of this comment there is more than one sign for pregnant. The interlocked fingers version can mean "be pregnant" or even "to conceive or get pregnant." (There is even a version of pregnant that uses the sign "stuck" to mean unwanted pregnancy).
Hello ASL Heroes!!!
Hey, I could really use your help.
If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you. A small (or more if you can afford it) donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com.
You can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here right now and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!”
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint
Or use Patreon at www.patreon.com/ASLU
Every little bit helps so much!
Thanks!
- Dr. Bill
p.s. Want to have your very own USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL instruction for just $79.95? See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at:
lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm
Take care and love to you all.
:)
Best student to watch so far love his enthusiasm
We want to see Ben again!!
Ben has great facial expressions! 👍
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free:
1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website.
2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist:
ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA
3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page:
ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists
4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm
5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page:
www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm
6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See:
facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome.
To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm
Ways to support the ASL University channel:
1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars
2. Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet)
3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos.
4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see).
5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu
6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc
(For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ )
7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
He's great. Always says 'sorry', and 'hahahah'
signs that move right to left OR left to right such as cafeteria, staff, member, farmer and many more.. does it always matter if you begin on the right or left ? Is there a specific rule to this? (assume you are right handed) THANKS.. great video!
Dr. Bill calling his student fat had me laughing out loud😄
Hmmmm... I strive to be respectful of my students -- even when kidding around.
I hope there was some context or background to make such kidding "okay." For example -- if I'm calling the student sitting there in the video with me "fat" it is (or should be) obvious to the viewers that he has an amazing body and is in great shape!
O yes I assumed that there was more too it than we see. I didn't think you were truelly just calling someone out on their weight. Though I have noticed the Deaf community is more direct and less likely to beat around the bush. Which I personally appreciate.
That is a fact! We tend to be "Deaf blunt." However, (as with any society) there are those who are actually bi-cultural (and thus know the rules of both societies) yet are blunt out of rudeness -- not because of being naive about the rules of Hearing culture.
If you find a Deaf friend who works hard to be both blunt and kind at the same time -- that person is a treasure to hang on to.
After reading Valeria's comment I went to that section of the video and can confirm I was signing pregnant (not fat).
(0:35 see just after the 38 second mark)
In your example, "How many signs do you know altogether?" does it matter if it's signed, "ALTOGETHER YOU KNOW HOW MANY SIGN?" or "ALTOGETHER YOU KNOW SIGN( or SIGN YOU KNOW) HOW MANY?"
I think previously I've learned HOW MANY should go last. I think I know some Deaf and hearing people who'd fight it as such and argue the way it's signed in the video is more "English." Does it matter? Is one more "true ASL" vs "English?"
Kali,
Homework assignment for you:
Read the following:
1. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/subject-verb-object-asl-sentence-structure.htm
2. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/store-i-go-the-myth.htm
3. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/wh-rightward-movement-unnecessary-in-very-short-questions.htm
Sure, lots of folks would fight over almost "anything" just to have something to fight over and feel important about. However, let me share with you this quote from Steven Surrency:
"Formulaic Syntax. Many interpreters, in their zeal to learn and preserve ASL, often develop an unnuanced, formulaic idea of what ASL is. As a result, they apply overly simplistic “rules” about what constitutes “pure” ASL. For instance, such interpreters expect all ASL sentences to use topicalization or right-movement of wh-questions (wh- question words at the ends of sentences). Such an approach reveals an incomplete understanding of the wide range of syntactic variation available in ASL"
[Source: Surrency, S. (Nov.10, 2015) "Respecting Language: Sign Language Interpreters as Linguistic Descriptivists," Street Leverage, retrieved from streetleverage.com/tag/steven-surrency/ ]
I’m left handed and learning sign do I have sign right handed or does it matter ?
It doesn't matter. Just be consistent.
See some of the videos I do with my assistant "Alex"
She is left handed.
ruclips.net/video/gB-VMwc7xCw/видео.html
I am still learning, and don't know all of the signs you use so I feel like tr here is so much I miss in trying to learn. I love your videos because you have already taught me so much. But I was wondering if there was a way to do captions, so I can understand what I am missing? If not I will keep trying to learn
I would also appreciate it I’m still learning and you help so much but I can’t quite understand all the signs
He teaches in levels. You could try going back a bit further and starting out with the beginning videos. There will be a lot of redundancy if you already know quite a lot, but when he shows you something simple that you've never known how to do it will stick got the rest of the lessons.
This really helps: Go to the Lifeprint Lesson XX webpage (for whatever lesson you're working on). There is little list of things to read, such as about grammar or deaf history, etc. Do these things. Then there is a list of vocabulary words. If you click on each word, it brings up a webpage about that word and its nuances. Do this for all the words. Then look at the sentences on the webpage, and read any other notes there. It also helps if you start at Lesson 1 and don't skip around. I have heard that it is much easier for younger people to pick up a language. I am a Senior citizen, so it might be harder for me, so I figured out the above strategy to help myself.
What's the difference from ADD-to & PLUS for math? Is there a difference?
That would be a good question to ask the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group.
See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
However, since you have asked me, I'll respond:
QUESTION: What's the difference from ADD-to & PLUS for math? Is there a difference?
ANSWER: When applied to "math" the signs ADD-to and PLUS overlap a lot. Both signs can be used to refer to the concept of "adding an amount to some other amount."
The ADD-to sign can suggest that something smaller is being added to something bigger and/or to an additional amount is being added to an established group of other amounts (or an existing / previously identified set of things). However, the PLUS be used to refer to the + symbol specifically if needed (and the ADD-to sign can't be used for referring to the "plus symbol"). The PLUS sign can also be used to discuss "positive" numbers (the ADD-to sign isn't used to distinguish between negative and positive numbers).
The way to tease out the differences between the signs ADD-to and PLUS is to consider the types of concepts that one sign can be matched with that the other sign doesn't tend to be matched with.
For example, earlier today I used the sign ADD-to to mean "bonus." I wouldn't generally use the PLUS sign to mean "bonus." Also it is common to see ADD-to used to mean "extra" (as in an extra amount being added to something). It is common to use the PLUS sign to mean "positive" in the sense of outlook. You could sign PLUS ATTITUDE to mean "positive attitude" -- but you wouldn't use the ADD-to sign to mean "positive" as in "positive attitude."
If discussing a recipe in which you "need to add a little something" (to make it taste better) -- you might use the ADD-to sign but you would certainly not use the PLUS sign. For example point at the food and sign "NEED ADD-to SOMETHING." (Or just sign "NEED SOMETHING" = "It needs something.")
The PLUS sign can mean "pro" as in "the pros and cons" of a decision. You wouldn't sign "ADD-to" for that concept. (Instead of "the pros and cons" you'd end up meaning "additional negatives.")
Please, what is your favorite restaurant? 33:05.
I give up..half speed fifteen times. Searched google for all the words I thought you might have spelled.
I spelled: Joe Carib's
More formally known as:
Joe Caribé Bistro & Cafe
joe-caribe.com/
That is in the Auburn, California area.
I haven't been up that way for a while now but I still recall how good the food was.
Looks like the restaurant is up for sale.
I hope the new owners can keep a good thing going.
-------------------------------
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free:
1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website.
2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist:
ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA
3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page:
ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists
4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm
5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page:
www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm
6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See:
facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome.
To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm
Ways to support the ASL University channel:
* For donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm
* Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars
* Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet)
* Click the “Share” link and share the videos.
Thanks!
What does he sign after you ask if he can explain algebra? 8:28 It kind of looks like a thumbs up.
That is a version of the sign for "a little bit."
@@sign-language Thank you. I'm having a great time learning from Lifeprint and your videos. 😀
Oh god math
Oh noooooooooo! Run!!!!
They will become ASL interpreter from college.
On 0:41 I thought the sign was pregnant and not fat.
Right. While "Deaf blunt" (being very direct) is an aspect of our culture and/or I joke around a lot in class -- but I'm pretty sure I was just referring to the student being pregnant (actually, "very pregnant" -- the added facial expression I in this context was used to indicate "very" (as in very pregnant).
Also, for readers of this comment there is more than one sign for pregnant.
The interlocked fingers version can mean "be pregnant" or even "to conceive or get pregnant." (There is even a version of pregnant that uses the sign "stuck" to mean unwanted pregnancy).