50 Quick and Easy Signs in BSL You Can Learn TODAY

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2021
  • 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

Комментарии • 74

  • @iaracassama6547
    @iaracassama6547 Год назад +16

    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

  • @clvrarose
    @clvrarose 3 года назад +42

    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!

  • @gildawilliamsruggi7884
    @gildawilliamsruggi7884 2 месяца назад

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

  • @grandadrock
    @grandadrock 3 года назад +44

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

  • @crafted_by_sophiesophie7456
    @crafted_by_sophiesophie7456 3 года назад +9

    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

  • @keziahsheldrake9845
    @keziahsheldrake9845 3 года назад +1

    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!!

  • @CaledonianCloud
    @CaledonianCloud 3 года назад +10

    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!

  • @lillybennett2499
    @lillybennett2499 Год назад +1

    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. :)

  • @phantomphydlapirdue2030
    @phantomphydlapirdue2030 2 года назад +2

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

  • @elliegrace4136
    @elliegrace4136 3 года назад +25

    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 ✨😁

  • @catherinesmith4819
    @catherinesmith4819 3 года назад +4

    Brilliant as always Dan. Please keep them coming.

  • @MrJules180664
    @MrJules180664 2 года назад

    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.

  • @susansutton1712
    @susansutton1712 3 года назад +3

    I enjoyed this video. Thank you Dan the man 🙂

  • @lisascotfive5857
    @lisascotfive5857 Год назад

    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

  • @drewmcevoy3784
    @drewmcevoy3784 3 года назад

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

  • @Moonlight_Rion
    @Moonlight_Rion 3 года назад +1

    i am 11 and i can normally talk with my mute friends! i just learnt bsl 1 week ago! thx!your amazing!

  • @JulianTaylor011
    @JulianTaylor011 3 года назад

    These videos are SO helpful! Thank you so much. Just trying to figure out a way to remember it all now.

  • @emilykent7341
    @emilykent7341 3 года назад +12

    Could you do one for relationships

    • @CommandingHands
      @CommandingHands  3 года назад +4

      Thanks for watching, I'll add to our to do list. ✋

  • @christianblanco
    @christianblanco 3 года назад

    Thanks once again for a great video! You seemed to be having lots of fun making this one :D

  • @SurviveGrowInspire
    @SurviveGrowInspire 3 месяца назад

    Thank you, Dan

  • @vessiecakes
    @vessiecakes 2 года назад +2

    Also idk if you have this already but a video explaining general transitional grammar signs would be amazing 💜🙏

  • @nek0mata
    @nek0mata 3 года назад

    Thank you very much. Your videos are really well made and help me out a bunch.

  • @Ohhhwehere
    @Ohhhwehere 6 месяцев назад

    thank you so much for these❤ as an autistic person who looses her voice allot these videos have helped me tremense❤
    My bf is rapidly going deaf so Iv started to learn him BSL so we can better talk together😊 he is a very proud and stuburn man so he isent ready to learn bsl by himself yet.

  • @PurelyGrainger
    @PurelyGrainger 3 года назад +2

    Love to cover the word and try to figure it out with various cues

  • @Blacky_167
    @Blacky_167 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @realmusic6825
    @realmusic6825 Год назад

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

  • @eileenburn101
    @eileenburn101 Год назад

    Love your videos they are so easy to follow wish you would do a BSL level 1 and 2 course

  • @BadrianaM
    @BadrianaM 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you!!!

  • @ricky0244
    @ricky0244 3 года назад

    Great video and so useful 🙏

  • @seangray4882
    @seangray4882 3 года назад

    Hi Dan like all the comments below I love your videos youv made them all so easy to follow I've learnt a lot from you, thank you, please make some more ,💕

  • @ellagreen4611
    @ellagreen4611 3 года назад +1

    Love your videos. Could you please add receptive skills videos too?

  • @dawngibson1157
    @dawngibson1157 2 года назад +1

    Love him he's brilliant ty

  • @samharrison08
    @samharrison08 3 года назад +6

    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. 🙏🏼

    • @TinyMeatPete
      @TinyMeatPete Год назад

      How did the one-to-one lessons on zoom go? I have been thinking about doing a similar thing myself. Was it helpful?

  • @issyknowles1882
    @issyknowles1882 Год назад +5

    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

    • @F15rocker
      @F15rocker Год назад

      Thankyou. :)

    • @avinashmishra6783
      @avinashmishra6783 Год назад

      Hello, I am a digital media manager for a UK based BSL teaching firm. I need to do a survey of 100 people. If only I could get some help from your end.

  • @vessiecakes
    @vessiecakes 2 года назад

    I would love if you could do a video on common words/questions a bar/restaurant server would need to take an order for someone who's hard of hearing please 🙏💜 I know the basics but I want to be there for all my guests 100%

  • @Claria14
    @Claria14 7 месяцев назад +1

    Can you do a video about the signs for non verbal/ mute in BSL please??? ❤ I can’t find it anywhere in bsl

  • @fatemasaleh3054
    @fatemasaleh3054 3 года назад

    Thank you 😊
    Can you do one for forgive if you have not done that one thanks

  • @martincummings7829
    @martincummings7829 5 месяцев назад

    Great videos learnig Bsl from scrarch

  • @markrandle9025
    @markrandle9025 Год назад

    Hey I did an Auslan (Australian sign language) course there's a lot of same signs. It's good to do comparison's.

  • @danakirsh
    @danakirsh 3 года назад +4

    Great video as always! question: is photo a directional sign? If I want to say "a photo of you" do I sign it the same way except initially moving the dominant hand away from the relevant person's face? thanks!

    • @CommandingHands
      @CommandingHands  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching :) Yes, it can be used directionally. The movement of your dominant hand (fingers coming together) implies "copy". Point your palm in the direction of the person to start the sign.
      This same hand movement is used in many signs that have "copy" in the meaning, e.g. photocopy is the same movement on your dominant hand but your non-dominant hand is held palm facing down, then move your dominant hand down several times away from your other hand. (I hope that makes sense! Some signs are quite difficult to explain).
      Additionally, you may also see the sign for "camera" used for photo too, depending on the signer.
      Thanks again!

    • @danakirsh
      @danakirsh 3 года назад

      @@CommandingHands thanks! I think I understand the sign for "copy", but would be good to include it in an office signs video, if there isn't one already

  • @hassanzarandi7496
    @hassanzarandi7496 3 года назад

    Gr8

  • @shinyeevee1314
    @shinyeevee1314 3 года назад +2

    Hey thanks for doing these :) I just want to ask, are these signs mirrored for us to follow along or not? Or does it not matter?

    • @charlottesreadsthings211
      @charlottesreadsthings211 3 года назад +2

      I think potentially his videos aren't mirrored but you can sign with either hand (normally your dominant) and it's important to keep that the same :)

    • @shinyeevee1314
      @shinyeevee1314 3 года назад

      @@charlottesreadsthings211 okie thank you!

  • @eleanorsmith7152
    @eleanorsmith7152 8 месяцев назад

    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but are the signs mirrored to the hands I should use?

  • @pokiigames4167
    @pokiigames4167 3 года назад +5

    Hi Dan, I was in Iceland the other day and saw someone using BSL to communicate. It made me wonder.. are there signs for brand names? Also, how would you go about signing "is this the one you want/would like?" It could come in handy if need to use BSL with a customer in work.

    • @CommandingHands
      @CommandingHands  3 года назад +11

      Thanks for watching, great question!
      In formal situations go with fingerspelling brand names (and many other proper nouns). In everyday conversations, people will use signs for brand names especially the the well known ones. For Iceland I've seen the sign for Ice, sometimes followed by the letter L. Some of the signs may be linked with advertising, e.g. the sign commonly used for Asda is two taps on the back pocket. Others are linked with the branding, e.g. McDonald's is two index fingers forming the outline of a giant M.
      To sign "is this the one you want?", I'd point at the item and follow it with "want", raising your eyebrows & tilting your head to show it's a question. Your eye gaze towards the person implies "you" but you could sign "you" before "want". Point at the item, then sign you want (don't forget your facial expressions to show it's a question).
      I'm planning to do some videos on signs used in shops, broken down into different types of shops. I'll hopefully get them online within the next couple of months.
      Thanks again ✋

    • @pokiigames4167
      @pokiigames4167 3 года назад

      @@CommandingHands that's awesome. Thanks so much 🤗

    • @Ruthavecflute
      @Ruthavecflute 3 года назад

      @@CommandingHands That sound great.

  • @danielstephenson7558
    @danielstephenson7558 2 года назад

    Does sign language change over time because of changes in the way we do things? I wonder how many people wonder why the sign for 'camera' is done that way, in the same way that people don't know what the Save icon on most applications refer to.

  • @maliciousstrawberry1716
    @maliciousstrawberry1716 3 года назад +1

    can confused also mean something akin to disorientated?

    • @CommandingHands
      @CommandingHands  3 года назад +1

      Yes it could do. A tip to remember this one is to imagine the hands are clouds and they are hovering over the brain, a bit like brain fog!
      You could also use the sign for "dizzy", which is an index finger extended, held about shoulder height, palms facing towards yourself. Then form some small circles. Facial expressions should match the sign to avoid confusion with other signs (so try to look dizzy). The index finger represents a person.
      Thanks for watching :)

  • @gurpreetkaursaini6832
    @gurpreetkaursaini6832 3 года назад +2

    Hello , you are vedio are wonderful .. I love too much your vedios. As any free bsl course available . Tell me plz.

    • @Ruthavecflute
      @Ruthavecflute 3 года назад

      Therre are lots of free youtube videos on BSL. In some areas there are courses run by councils which are reletivly low cost and in some cases free (eg if you are on certain benefits). Good luck

    • @gurpreetkaursaini6832
      @gurpreetkaursaini6832 3 года назад

      @@Ruthavecflute Thanks I am new in uk. I am interest in bsl. Can you send me free course sites.

  • @ahuman8483
    @ahuman8483 2 года назад +3

    Movie
    Book
    Camera
    Photo
    Money
    Cheap
    Expensive
    Flirt
    Naughty
    Crab
    Cat
    Crocodile
    Come here
    Ecstatic
    Sad
    How are you?
    Accident
    Dangerous
    Risky
    Nice
    Horrible
    Fire
    Water
    Drink
    Tea
    Coffee
    Wine
    Food
    Cheese
    Chocolate
    Fat
    Thin
    Confident
    Stress
    Good morning
    Good night
    Have to put up with it
    Had it up to here
    Suspicious
    Go to sleep
    Wake up
    Want
    Don't want
    Must
    Work
    Busy (lots to do)
    Busy (crowded)
    Fast
    Slow
    Love
    Hate
    Confused

  • @gracema4549
    @gracema4549 3 года назад

    I like you video If you have Chinese that will be perfect

  • @tylerwhittaker-law9156
    @tylerwhittaker-law9156 3 года назад +3

    Could you do a video just about you? ☺️

  • @Mimi-of6sn
    @Mimi-of6sn 3 года назад

    Does the hand that you use for a sign matter?

    • @madeline569
      @madeline569 3 года назад +2

      From what I have learned it seems to be everyone has a dominant hand when signing with two hands like sign for "how" or "Internet" where one hand does a movement and the other stays, it's your dominant hand that does the movement. If you're left handed and do all the signs mirror image deaf people can still understand and if you finger spell with opposite hand it's still perfectly understood.

    • @madeline569
      @madeline569 3 года назад +2

      The only thing that I think might be slightly confusing is if you switch up your "dominant hand" frequently as you're signing, that could be a bit disorientating but I still think you'll be understood

  • @najatabduljabar4827
    @najatabduljabar4827 2 года назад

    Hi can pleas sing Lunguege city England thanks

  • @madeline569
    @madeline569 3 года назад +2

    Hmmm sign for sad looks a lot like the sign for straight/Hetero... Coincidence i think not 😂

  • @andrewlambert4934
    @andrewlambert4934 2 года назад

    Like these vids, BUT.. you repeat a lot of the same words in most of your vids.