American Sign Language (ASL) Lesson 40

[@sign-language]

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[@fayesimmons382]

Church will

[@blakepoore9475]

Learning just as much from these videos as I am from my college classes... Thanks from New York Bill!

[@markchavez_1918]

thanks Bill have learned so much it is unbelievable!

[@bosshog1938]

Love the way you teach

[@1lightdweller]

Bill Vicars is a man after my own stomach... Hamburger with just about everything on it. I'm getting hungry just watching this.

[@lindasmith6316]

Love all these videos! Am Keeping On!

[@fruityvibe9422]

Love this student

[@quicksilver753]

5:38 when she asked another student what specialty they were incompetent at and Bill leans over and says “sign” LMAO

[@dreamingtree6093]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@niyitoro5461]

Wow great video! i love watching yours videos :) :P... Thanks much! Greeting from Colombia! :D

[@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

[@charmedheart77]

I am up to this lesson. 🙂

[@1lightdweller]

Did she ever get a rubber ducky? Inquiring minds want to know...

[@summerrecall]

I am really enjoying these lessons. However, I can barely read when you are facing the camera (lol) and when you sign to the person next to you, I miss letters and I still don't know what kind of wood you like, but it ended in an "I." :-) Please clarify this mystery.

[@sign-language]

Hello. When asking questions about specific signed examples in the videos it is best to include the time code. As far as what kind of wood I like, hmmm maybe I was spelling "mahogany" -- I'd have to see it to know for sure and it just isn't a good use of time for me to spend 10 or 20 minutes or whatever trying to track down 3 seconds of video. KZbin tends to automatically convert time format (0:00) into links to the exact location in the video. The sideways viewing of fingerspelling is good for your brain since in the real world we often have to read fingerspelling from the side. If I'm walking on the right side of my wife and she spells something I"m certainly not going to run around to her left side and/or in front of her just to see her spell the word. It is okay (normal) to "miss" letters and "guess." That is a real world skill. Again, it is good for you. Get comfortable with the not knowing and instead focus on inductive reasoning and good old fashioned contextualized guessing. Thus in the real world you will do much better at figuring out conversations via contextual clues.

[@Taylor-wt9zv]

Its oak the first time the second time its mahogany

[@bskate06]

Hi! I was wondering what the difference was between "pliers" and "milk"?

[@sign-language]

Hello Bailey! To get it right, imagine yourself either milking a cow or using pliers. The "milk sign" is upright and stays in place. The fist opens and closes. The "pliers" sign has a bit more of a twist and tends to involve a bit more of a horizontal orientation during part of the movement -- as if grabbing onto something with pliers and twisting it a bit.

[@bskate06]

@@sign-language Ok!!! Thank you so much!!

[@user-hg2he8fj8z]

thanks for asking this! I was wondering the same thing

[@gabbyparker1905]

So you know how for a who, why, which , where, or what question how you furrow your eyebrows at the end? Well, for a yes or no question when do you have your eyebrows raised? Does it have to be the whole time or is that why sometimes you repeat the word “you” at the end so that you can raise your eyebrows then?

[@sign-language]

I'm impressed that it occurred to you that the repeat of "you" at the end is connected to the raising of the eyebrows. For more information on this topic see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/pronoun-copy.htm Since you are interested in ASL grammar, you might like this page: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/subject-verb-object-asl-sentence-structure.htm

[@gabbyparker1905]

@@sign-language ok great! Thx so much for replying so fast. I will definitely check those links out. I haven’t been able to find much on ASL so that will be a great resource. Thx for all you are doing for all of us watching. I love the setup of your videos. It makes it very easy to learn and grow in ASL vocabulary.

[@sign-language]

Oh hey if you haven't been able to find much on ASL you will definitely enjoy the ASLUniversity site (at Lifeprint.com) particularly the grammar discussions at: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/grammar.htm (There may be some typos here and there but it is generally good reading). ============================ 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

[@gabbyparker1905]

@@sign-language ok thx! I was thinking about donating anyways. So I will have to go to the website. Also, I have enjoyed ASL so much that I am thinking about possibly majoring in it for college. Do you have any suggestions for resources to looking into majoring in ASL and good colleges that have it?

[@sign-language]

If you are in a position to attend Gallaudet University -- it would be a life-changing thing for you. They have a "Hearing Undergraduate Program" that lets Hearing people study there.

[@demonslayer783]

Wow! You really like your hamburgers.

[@sign-language]

Indeed I do. Which leads me to ask, "What's a "dish burger?"

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[@sign-language]

Hello Renee! Email me at [e-mail] and I can reply with my address.

[@andrescientos]

Do a kickflip!

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Go Raiders Bill! =}

[@jakebalma]

21:28

[@sign-language]

Also see: SIGNING: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGOokGidjcZ8pqc and see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpSnoKWNlt6BqsU

[@vickyrodriguez6416]

Kawai Jeune fille

[@hothanhlan2885]

this girl seems to forget all the words learnt in previous lessons. She's so slow

[@lbunker1066]

yes I agree

[@valerie3303]

She is trying her best, though I did learn better when the other girls were on, I find.

[@lbunker1066]

she doesn't know how to sign simple stuff like RED!

[@valerie3303]

She is trying.