Wow!!! What a discovery! I am a 3 tour combat veteran with chronic hearing loss and VA diagnosed chronic PTSD. Discovering ASL has opened up a whole new world that provides a pathway for my feelings of well being. I am now looking at my life in a new way. I am not feeling isolated any more. From this veteran…. You have changed my like Meredith. So many thanks.
I love this video. In the college level ASL class, I'm doing. My instructor is deaf, and the words he uses for ASL sentences are subject, object, and verb. If an adverb of frequency is being used, then that goes at the end of the sentence structure. Would these terms relate/work with with the terms that your using? Like, topic and comment? I don't want to get confused from how I'm learning it in class. Can you do a video using the words subject, object, verb and adverb?
The English subject is not the same thing as the ASL topic, so be careful not to confuse them. The basic structure of ASL sentences is topic first, and then comment after that. TOPIC, COMMENT just like what Meredith did here. Adverb @ the end? Absolutely!
Descriptors like adjectives and adverbs are after the subject or verb but you can also change your non manuals to add more descriptions. Ex. I was working hard all day. ALL-DAY I WORK (nms: working hard) I
@@LearnHowtoSign Thank you soo much Meredith. I am learning a lot with my teacher and you on RUclips. I couldn't say how grateful I am for learning a beautiful language. Thank you so much for your time and effort in teaching us. Until next time keep learning how to sign.
thank you for putting this video out here!! I'm learning ASL because I volunteer and a kid communicates in sign language and I have trouble with structuring my sentences. love you!! do you have any tips to help me learn faster? I joined a singing team and would love to be able to translate songs.
I have a question about "figures of speech" aka "expressions"... if I sign "it's raining cats and dogs" to an interper who CAN hear, they might laugh because they know what it means, but maybe a deaf person wouldn't get it? How many expressions like that are there in asl? Such as "a leopard/zebra can't change it's spots/stripes" or "monkey see, monkey do" or "if it walks like/talks like a duck" or "giving them a taste of their own medicine' or "you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar" etc.. asl is more simple than English, so do they have those expressions?
I told myself I'll follow the first page that popped up in my search. I'm glad to be here. Looking forward to logging in on the website. My fingers are not flexibleI'm struggling with signing the alphabet..😂😂😂 my fingers are too stiff...
I am learning asl for a particular customernof mine (I'm a cashier). Starting in November our store is asking customers if they would like to donate any amount to our food bank, Feedmore WNY (western NY). How would i do that? I watch your videos everybday, over and over and LOVE what i am learning! Thank you for what you do!
Hello Meredith, What is the difference between ASL Accelerated and ASL 101 / 201? From this and other videos, I think ASL Accelerated is a paid membership that includes several things, and the courses ASL 101 / 201 are something that ASL Accelerated includes. Is that correct? Please clarify.
LHTS Accelerated is a paid membership that includes all of our on-demand courses, special discounts, access to our ASL community, resources and weekly live streams. It does not include our live courses, but annual and lifetime members get 50% off. Hope that clarifies.
I was a spet in the philippines for 10 years,we used asl,but most of what i saw in your video,is different from what i used, am interested to learn more,tho am not certifeid
So if ASL follows different rules all of its own how do we watch and interpret common English language that we see interpreters deliver on news broadcasts?
The closing signal is definitely more "textbook" ASL. It is usually left out of conversational sign language, but it's also something that is still taught in a classroom.
I'm deaf... Been using ASL all my life... I'm proficient in English and ASL. Let me tell you with sheer confidence, ASL doesn't have grammar. Everyone has their own style. There is no order like a written language would. There was indeed a woman with PhD in language that said ASL is complex and had structure... She's right about complexity but not structure. I think you're basing this outdated information on her.
Where are your closed captions?? This is clearly geared towards hearing students and before y'all grab your pitchforks saying "Deaf people already know sentence structure" you would know that they don't if you read into deaf culture and accessiblity. Sharing a language that is not your own without including the people who's language it is, for money, is despicable. Shame on you.
Wow!!! What a discovery! I am a 3 tour combat veteran with chronic hearing loss and VA diagnosed chronic PTSD. Discovering ASL has opened up a whole new world that provides a pathway for my feelings of well being. I am now looking at my life in a new way. I am not feeling isolated any more. From this veteran…. You have changed my like Meredith. So many thanks.
I'm so glad you posted this! I'm in the early stages of learning ASL and word order has been confusing... this definitely clears things up!
I love this video. In the college level ASL class, I'm doing. My instructor is deaf, and the words he uses for ASL sentences are subject, object, and verb. If an adverb of frequency is being used, then that goes at the end of the sentence structure. Would these terms relate/work with with the terms that your using? Like, topic and comment? I don't want to get confused from how I'm learning it in class. Can you do a video using the words subject, object, verb and adverb?
The English subject is not the same thing as the ASL topic, so be careful not to confuse them. The basic structure of ASL sentences is topic first, and then comment after that. TOPIC, COMMENT just like what Meredith did here. Adverb @ the end? Absolutely!
@@gardeniagirl1374 In my ASL class I'm using words like subject, object and verb to structure sentences.
Descriptors like adjectives and adverbs are after the subject or verb but you can also change your non manuals to add more descriptions. Ex. I was working hard all day. ALL-DAY I WORK (nms: working hard) I
@@LearnHowtoSign Thank you soo much Meredith. I am learning a lot with my teacher and you on RUclips. I couldn't say how grateful I am for learning a beautiful language. Thank you so much for your time and effort in teaching us. Until next time keep learning how to sign.
I know this is crazy but do you by chance go to a community college in San Jose?
Definitely need these lessons. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
You should make a video for 50 state signs! That would be so fun to learn 😊
She did let me try finding it. It was just the abbreviated version of the states finger spelled.
ruclips.net/video/UX0qA4YTOfA/видео.html
This is so helpful! I still have to think about how to sign a sentence, this is a GREAT reminder! Love your series!
Still learning asl and I can hold up a good convo! I’m so happy and I am going to continue!
I’ve taken two years of asl and still get confused on word order. Thank you!
Love this! Thank you! You're the best!
Thank you so much for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the reviews .I have to keep reminding myself that
Keep it up.
thank you for putting this video out here!! I'm learning ASL because I volunteer and a kid communicates in sign language and I have trouble with structuring my sentences. love you!! do you have any tips to help me learn faster? I joined a singing team and would love to be able to translate songs.
I am learning more from your videos than the paid Lingvago course I am taking. Thank you.
This video was very helpful. Thank you!
🤯This is very valuable but the only part that's challenging for me I've always had problems on such topics however I'm not going to give up!!!
I have a question about "figures of speech" aka "expressions"... if I sign "it's raining cats and dogs" to an interper who CAN hear, they might laugh because they know what it means, but maybe a deaf person wouldn't get it? How many expressions like that are there in asl? Such as "a leopard/zebra can't change it's spots/stripes" or "monkey see, monkey do" or "if it walks like/talks like a duck" or "giving them a taste of their own medicine' or "you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar" etc.. asl is more simple than English, so do they have those expressions?
Thank you for the reminder!
You are so welcome!
I told myself I'll follow the first page that popped up in my search. I'm glad to be here. Looking forward to logging in on the website. My fingers are not flexibleI'm struggling with signing the alphabet..😂😂😂 my fingers are too stiff...
Awesome. I'm using to teach older adults and we LOVE you. Thanx 💜🤟🙃
Very helpful!!! Thank you
I am learning asl for a particular customernof mine (I'm a cashier). Starting in November our store is asking customers if they would like to donate any amount to our food bank, Feedmore WNY (western NY). How would i do that? I watch your videos everybday, over and over and LOVE what i am learning! Thank you for what you do!
I too jockey a register and have a couple deaf customers I'd like to make feel more welcome!!
Thanks for the video ASL just like other sign language is so beatiful.....
Our pleasure!
@@LearnHowtoSign 😊
Thanks 🙏
Hello Meredith, What is the difference between ASL Accelerated and ASL 101 / 201? From this and other videos, I think ASL Accelerated is a paid membership that includes several things, and the courses ASL 101 / 201 are something that ASL Accelerated includes. Is that correct? Please clarify.
LHTS Accelerated is a paid membership that includes all of our on-demand courses, special discounts, access to our ASL community, resources and weekly live streams. It does not include our live courses, but annual and lifetime members get 50% off. Hope that clarifies.
@@LearnHowtoSign Your explanation is as clear as a sliding glass door just cleaned using Windex.
I really love the video, thanks
Very helpful ❤
fav vid thus far
Great content on sentence structure!
Thank you! 😃
Is there such thing as signing "Active voice " and "Passive voice" in ASL? The most the I struggle w/ what is the topic and comment.
Thank you for posting this video. I really need it but, have you ever made a post on animals?
How do we determine whether or not to add a closing signal?
I was a spet in the philippines for 10 years,we used asl,but most of what i saw in your video,is different from what i used, am interested to learn more,tho am not certifeid
Great video...we need more!😁
Hi I was thinking if you could do a video or in the end of a video you could take a short quiz for us if you do thanks alot
That's great for grown-ups but we also have classes for kids and teens from 3 to 18 taught by Deaf adults and CODAS.
When you made the sentence about finishing work. would it be finished work, school i go? I thouht the verb went at the end.
Been a few years. Why do I think it was
"Texas, 👉 (establishes subject refrence point) my favorite vacation 👉 (refers back to point affirmatively)
Yes, adding that referencing point as now set up Texas as the topic. It just required expansion techniques to set it up like that.
So if ASL follows different rules all of its own how do we watch and interpret common English language that we see interpreters deliver on news broadcasts?
Have a test on this tomorrow. Go figure lol. Thank u
1:06 I thought the topic was Texas🤦♀️😭 How can I tell wich one is the REAL topic???🤯
Think general to specific
@@LearnHowtoSign 😃💡 Got it!!!! Thanks 😆
Do "Wh" questions always go at the end of a sentence?
awesome
There’s a song on RUclips I want to learn how to sign can you do a video on it?
One of my teachers call this Yoda speech. (from star wars)🙂
Slay
Is it because the deaf content creators I watch are translating to English that I never see ending signs? I rarely see the ending signal in use.
The closing signal is definitely more "textbook" ASL. It is usually left out of conversational sign language, but it's also something that is still taught in a classroom.
Why do you put me at the start and end of a sentence?
What's the difference between bsl and asl
We actually made a video about this. ruclips.net/video/3CRo7nb7bPE/видео.html
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Quick question why does she repeat me in the sentence when she already states it
The way you sign Hawaii is the same thing as handsome. I found that odd.
Topic means such a different thing in ASL than it does in Japanese, and my previous Japanese knowledge was throwing me off this whole video
Fast :)
Fun, there is a girl named Rainbow in my class too 🤟🏻
2:12 hey there's our book
🤌🤌 shop
@@ashleelarsen7765 my name is not rainbow
@@aefan4eve bummer, I wanna change my name too.
It's a weather phenomenon, that's a dope name
🤙🏻 Mahalo
@@ashleelarsen7765 ?
I'm deaf... Been using ASL all my life... I'm proficient in English and ASL. Let me tell you with sheer confidence, ASL doesn't have grammar. Everyone has their own style. There is no order like a written language would.
There was indeed a woman with PhD in language that said ASL is complex and had structure... She's right about complexity but not structure. I think you're basing this outdated information on her.
Yes but what in the name of baby lord Jesus is a topic, cause every time I got wrong
I got a few wrong too! It helps me to think of it like a question followed by an answer.
Did you really add a quiz to this?
Why wouldn't she...?
Where are your closed captions?? This is clearly geared towards hearing students and before y'all grab your pitchforks saying "Deaf people already know sentence structure" you would know that they don't if you read into deaf culture and accessiblity. Sharing a language that is not your own without including the people who's language it is, for money, is despicable. Shame on you.
The video is captioned. The CC button at the bottom of the video will turn it on.
Lighten up Francis
Thank you so much for sharing