American Sign Language (ASL) Lesson 20

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[@sign-language]

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[@ronnabentley8732]

Bill Vicars my name is Ronna Bentley 33 old year age nice meet you I have 2 sisters

[@geanbean1305]

Hey Mr. Bill!!! so, I saw when you do 1/2, you do 1 then 2, does that rule apply for 3/4? would I just sign 3 then 4? I was just figuring out how to sign how tall I was because I'm 5.3 and 3/4

[@geanbean1305]

I laughed so hard when she said she loved calories because I do too because, I have low blood sugar. and a very high metabolism, so I burn it off very quickly lol xD

[@sign-language]

I'm pretty sure I cover fractions in one of my numbers videos. See: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZSqeoOJndZmask or see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4PLZmiepbOWgpY If I don't cover it there let me know. Or you can ask that type of question to the members of my Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group. facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ Note: To join the group you must read the rules and answer a couple of quick questions (do so relatively soon after applying or the mods will delete the application). You will likely get a lot of great responses to your question(s) there. If you still want/need further clarification you can tag me from within the group or have one of the moderators tag me.

[@geanbean1305]

@@sign-language okay thank you! I'll check the videos, but unfortunately I don't have Facebook 😅 but thank you so much for your help!!!

[@BrittneyChristina]

🙋🏾‍♀️Okay it's official Bill, we're friends 😆 I thought it would be safe to watch these videos at night while everyone is sleep since there is no sound. However, since you're a comedian, it doesn't matter because I still end up cackling with laughter. I swear I'd speak like 50 languages by now if you were teaching them. Heading over to LP to send you a Christmas 🎁. God bless!

[@matthewhernandez3174]

SAME 🤣🤣🤣

[@laowai1973]

Laughing at the video @ 2:00am. Sorry i could only give this one thumbs up!

[@MakoMori]

I laughed so hard at the ugly shoe part. Thank you for existing.

[@beintheworldyoga]

Hilarious! I am addicted to learning sign language with Bill Vicars. If I could do this all day long I would. I have always wanted to learn sign language and now I finally am, even though I am still slow I force my family to patiently watch me sign everything I say all day long. I wish they would learn with me. They just laugh when I show them something funny Dr. BV says. This has been a great help to me during that Corona outbreak and I am excited to sign more and hopefully meet more people I can sign with when this whole event is over. In the meantime ... Thank You so much Dr. Bill Vicars! You really have made a great impact on this hearing chicks life. Knowledge is power and laughter is light! Namaste friend!

[@SeliahK]

These lessons are extremely helpful, and very much appreciated. I'm horribly ADHD, and sometimes end up nonverbal because my mouth can't keep pace with my brain. I usually end up gesticulating wildly or just falling stone silent or making stupid non-word noises to indicate to the people nearby that I need a minute. Using ASL actually helps a LOT. It forces me to focus on what I want to say and then on how to physically SAY it... and it helps me be able to communicate when I can't get the words out. Even if I'm just surrounded by hearing folks who don't understand the signs, sometimes it helps me get my voice back by signing it out to myself and then repeating it verbally for the others around me. Thank you!

[@summerrecall]

Don't think all old ladies are a pushover either. LOL Love taking your classes! Keep up the wonderful work!!

[@Galakyllz]

These classes always look fun. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@maximumsupreme5380]

I have learned so much from watching your videos. Thank you for sharing them, I'm hearing and my boyfriend is deaf. When we first met I didn't know any signing but I have learned so much already and everyday I'm learning more.

[@violetv3958]

Since I am home much more due to Covid I have picked up your sign language just because it’s something I have always wanted to learn. Thank you for sharing I always look forward to it and the past few months have learned a whole bunch!

[@sign-language]

Wonderful!

[@tevans5144]

Sarah looks like Dr. Bill to me, like they can be father and daughter 👨‍👧

[@rolandachu4699]

I am in Cameroon and very much in need of ASL lessons to help me communicate with my deaf son. I am now linked andû love to get more. God bless you all.

[@sign-language]

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 KZbin master playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: kzbin.infoplaylists 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 KZbin.com/billvicars 2. Click the “subscribe” button at KZbin.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

[@javiidelcastillo6541]

thank you sooooo much, for some reason I love ASL (and I don't even speak English very good haha I'm chilean) with you it's been so easy to learn, thank you again

[@jonathanwaldron3923]

Thank you so much for making these videos.

[@jonathanwaldron3923]

thank you so much for making these videos

[@analizapadernal5606]

Very helpful thank you so much I love asl..God bless!

[@charmedheart77]

Just finished this lesson video. onto the next lesson video maybe this weekend or next week.

[@TheLaneDown]

I'm lovin these!

[@JuanaLuisaWilson]

I love your videos

[@krishnapaudel4081]

this video help me for perfect communication

[@TheInfamousBertman]

So unless I'm mistaken, I think Dr Bill signs "which" with his thumbs facing up, Sarah signs "which" with her fists sideways, are they both correct?

[@laschell59]

Well I need help I am confused over the difference from Texas and California? I am so up set how persons change the language from each place. Is there a way you can make a video on sentences. Full type. if you have any please put them on here, thank you so much.

[@NovasYouTubeName]

Love having the ASL font on this video for the vocab. Great extra practice

[@sign-language]

You can download that font from my website if you would like. See: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/gallaudettruetypefont.htm ============================================= 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 KZbin master playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: kzbin.infoplaylists or more specifically: kzbin.infoplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 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 If you like the free LIfeprint.com lessons you might enjoy the low-cost subscription version of the lessons. For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ Ways to support the ASL University channel: * Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at KZbin.com/billvicars * Click the “subscribe” button at KZbin.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) * Click the “Share” link and share the videos. * Buy some ASL University “official” clothing or ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu * Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G * 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

[@NovasYouTubeName]

@@sign-language I already have it😁! Thank you making it downloadable it’s great.

[@CgStarBro]

I have liked to learn about Asl And Good

[@mattyroadrigo5289]

Bill I have a question what is that difference with brown and beer ? I talk to my friend using ASL but whenever they do the brown or beer sign I get confused

[@sign-language]

I discuss the "brown" / "beer" issue over at my website. See: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/b/beer.htm Also see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5q9ioGBiNeHqa8

[@sunnysalbet]

Hi Dr. Bill! I have a question for you. I've been learning sign language and I've seen people use the sign for "not" to say things like "wasn't" or "don't" or "doesn't". Is it because they have the word not? Are there signs for those words?

[@sign-language]

See: kzbin.info/door/Zy9xs6Tn9vWqN_5l0EEIZAsearch?query=don%27t Negation is often incorporated into signs via reversal of orientation during the movement / or negative head shake. We have a strong sign for DON'T. However you are right in that the sign NOT often replaces wasn't or doesn't.

[@foxxxy1115]

One of the toughest things for English speakers at first is to get the notion out of their head that ASL is like English. Like people learning foreign languages wanting to translate "Do you...?" and yet in no other languages that I know do they actually use the verb "to do" in this context. ASL has a completely different grammar, and it can be a challenge to remember not to translate directly from one language to the next. Dr. Bill explains everything really well, but a lot of times it's just a matter of using it after you learn the concepts until you get comfortable not thinking in English. Granted, you wrote this 2 years ago, you've probably already learned this by now, but if any of this is helpful, then great!

[@lake-om5ss]

After Sarah signed "your asl book thick" , what was the finger spelled word? Please respond cause I don't think I know that sign

[@kanjigodomo9696]

If you were referring to when she asked one of the students offscreen, I don't think that was a finger spelling, more like a confirmation to a response. If you meant for the finger spelled word on the screen for her next sentence, that was "someone," which can also mean "something" or "single." I had to make sure on where you were meaning in the video.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Would "OCTUPLE" be like the sign for "TWICE/DOUBLE" and "THRICE/TRIPLE", but with an "EIGHT" handshape?

[@sign-language]

Yes, "octuple" could be signed using the same approach as twice or triple. You would need context. For example, if you are referring to octuplets near the beginning of the conversation you would sign BORN, BORN, BORN EIGHT!!! Then later during the conversation if you signed OCTUPLE it would be reasonably obvious that you were referring to octuplets.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Bill Vicars Thank you, Dr. Vicars!

[@Taylor-wt9zv]

I'm 6ft. 2inch too!

[@jenniferwoodson1983]

Thanks!

[@sign-language]

Jennifer, I am very grateful for the support! Thanks!

[@madelynhasting8119]

Dr bill what was the difference between blonde and California? That one always gets me.

[@sign-language]

Blonde is done higher, starting from near the hair. (HAIR YELLOW) California is based on the sign for GOLD which in turn is based on EARRING YELLOW -- thus the sign for California starts somewhat near the ear lobe.

[@ikahernandez5606]

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[@matthewhernandez3174]

Do I make you TALL baby, well do I? 🤣

[@ronnabentley8732]

My name is Ronna Bentley nice meet you bill vice a I have sister 2 Ronna Lindsey

[@saikk543]

Bro I like to fool people and this question was asked in 15:32 🤣🤣😅🙃

[@libratigerpictures]

I'm Brad Pitt's brother, Stu.

[@ze6972]

Woman black dress , blonde hair. I like her

[@byronbradshaw943]

callus xerox , have

[@kristenp4424]

What's the sign at 21:45

[@sign-language]

The sign at 21:45 is a version of "one more."

[@kristenp4424]

@@sign-language ok thank you

[@reginaldcortez8763]

ya ya asl is great , hows sarah ?

[@byronbradshaw943]

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i got nobody to practice asl

[@ikahernandez5606]

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