How to sign HAPPY HOLIDAYS and HAPPY NEW YEAR in American Sign Language for Beginners

[@brookeyy8899]

Thank you for making these. Your channel has helped me out so much!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks so much! This makes my day! Glad you find these videos helpful for learning.

[@lukasabramovich5719]

Today was my first day of learning ASL. I’m so greateful I found your channel, your lessons are so helpful! Happy Holidays, Meredith!

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi Lukas, welcome! I'm so glad you're learning ASL! :) Happy holidays to you, too.

[@rafaelsmith5411]

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year Meredith!!! ✨✨✨✨✨

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks, Rafael! Same to you!

[@marianapena1909]

Thank you so much for this video; please keep making more ....Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Health, Joy, Peace and Safety in the New Year to come!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank YOU! I'm so glad you enjoyed :) wishing you all the same for 2022 and beyond.

[@nigelsmith3758]

Awesome video and right on time! Thank you (again) for delivering great content for us!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank YOU Nigel! :D Happy Holidays :)

[@ddee2746]

Great to see you!!! Happy Holidays!!!

[@Noah.is_gayy]

Happy holidays and new year!!!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks! Same to you!

[@unicornmadness6286]

I love you break it down in each video like this, it really makes it easier to learn. Happy Holidays!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank YOU, Emily! I'm so glad you enjoyed the format of this video, and appreciate you taking the time to let me know in this kind comment :) happy holidays to you, as well!

[@elliotalderson876]

Your videos are sooo helpful, thankyou for doing what you do

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank you for the kind comment! Makes my day! I'm so glad you find these videos helpful for learning and practice :)

[@octaviodiaz1997]

It’s good to see you again Meredith

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks! :)

[@beans5945]

I'm starting to learn ASL today!!

[@ASLMeredith]

YESSSSSS!!! So excited for you!

[@zman357]

Outstanding

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You rock!

[@mactoholm4930]

Thank you

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank YOU!

[@kaydeasl6634]

Great content!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks, Kayde! Glad you enjoy.

[@colincroft4540]

New subscriber here. I really appreciate your videos. I don't know any deaf people but I talk with a pretty bad stutter. Signing makes it much easier for me to communicate. Thank you for these videos.

[@jamesdalcanton5197]

I have been following meredith for three years. You will delighted with her videos

[@colincroft4540]

@@jamesdalcanton5197 I feel like I've already learned a ton of different signs from her and I only just stumbled upon her channel this morning. The different angles shown are a big help as well.

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank you for sharing, Colin! Your kind comment means the world. I'm glad you're embracing ASL as another way to continue expressing yourself, and hope you continue to find these videos useful :) keep in touch!

[@ASLMeredith]

James! You're too kind! This makes my day :) thank you for always being here and learning with me. Keep up the awesome work!

[@colincroft4540]

@@ASLMeredith I certainly will. All my life, one of my biggest fears has been introducing myself. With ASL, that fear is all but eliminated. Is there a sign that tells people I talk with a stutter by any chance?

[@upsidedown3656]

Oh when do you plan to do the similar signs video for Girl/Aunt/Daily/Arizona? Oh and if you haven't filmed it, please also include the signs for today and yesterday too please? Sorry about asking it now.

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi there! I did record it, and already included 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow', but not 'today' because it's not similar to those. I have a different video (not yet published) that'll have yesterday/today/tomorrow separately.

[@upsidedown3656]

@@ASLMeredith Oh I meant tomorrow yes. Not today sorry.

[@upsidedown3656]

When will you post the video?

[@ASLMeredith]

@@upsidedown3656 In the new year.

[@MG-ru5pi]

Thank you! I work at Amazon and am always trying to learn new words to sign with my work friend. 😊📦

[@ASLMeredith]

That's so great that you're learning to better communicate with your coworker! Love it!

[@marycochran2396]

I am starting to learn ASL.

[@ASLMeredith]

That's so great, Mary!

[@rgat1756]

Hello Meredith I was wondering if you could make a video for the signs of marine animals such as dolphin, whale, shark, octopus, eel, and pufferfish.

[@jennyb4543]

For people who are kinda new to ASL, when we create signs for names, how do we know if it's already another sign? I don't want to give my family a sign that might mean something contrary. My daughter's name is Luna, which means moon. So I want to do the sign for moon but with the L shaped hand. I call my step dad goat. So I want to do the sign for grandpa with the bent v. And the n shape in grandma sign for Nana.

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi Jennifer, great question! This is one reason why it's (generally) not recommended to invent your own name signs as a learner new to the language. Traditionally, you get a name sign through interaction with the Deaf community or some Deaf person you know, and they give you an appropriate sign. That said, initialized signs like the ones you suggest are often common -- and you can choose to use one until you learn better (again, through continued language use and through Deaf individuals) and you can change it later. (Some people in the Deaf community may have multiple names signs over the course of their life, for one reason or another.)

[@brunasa4827]

Hey! I love your videos !! I wanted to learn ASL for awhile! And i have a question! I wanted to learn asl to include deaf people, i think sign language is very important for everyone! So i wanted to put in my resume something proofing that i know ASL! How do i do that? A online course is enough? Or i have to past a test? 💗

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi Bruna, thanks for your question! I actually *just* answered this very question in my free email newsletter, with full details and links. Are you subscribed? Learn more: ASLMeredith.com/newsletter to make sure you get more FAQs answered as you continue learning. To sum it up: There isn't one uniform or legal "certification" in American Sign Language skills. You can take a proficiency assessment such as the ASLPI or the SLPI to get a score of your proficiency level. These are standardized assessments that involve engaging in a live conversation with a Deaf evaluator; you have to participate, ask and answer questions, and show off your ability to communicate on a range of topics and using a range of grammatical and conversational skills. Then, you get back a score you can share with your teacher or college. (And how can you prepare for for such assessments? Take an ASL class, and then the next class, and then the next one, and engage with your local Deaf community to use ASL in real life!) These assessments rate your fluency, and don't confer any legal certification or license. Still, schools or employers may ask about your ASLPI or SLPI score as a measure of your ASL skills, if ASL skills are required. If it's a more casual situation (say, you just want to demonstrate a basic proficiency for interacting with customers that might come in a store) you might indicate that -- for example -- you have intermediate proficiency in ASL / completed ASL levels I through III. (Similar to how on a resume, you might put other language skills, or list the location and dates of classes you took.

[@brunasa4827]

@@ASLMeredith heey!! Omg thank you soo much! You saved me! Ill definitely subscribe to the newsletter!! 💗💗💗

[@ASLMeredith]

@@brunasa4827 Happy to help!

[@gilbertonino5703]

Hi, Meridith. To say " You understand?" You say it with your eyebrows up. Don't you? To say "where?" You say it with eyebrows down, right? How do I know? What are some tips. They are both questions aren't they?

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi Gilberto - Eyebrows are up for "yes or no" questions (like "Do you understand?"), and eyebrows are lowered for open-ended questions (Who/what/when/how,..). Hope that helps! I teach these grammar rules and other non-manual signals (the non-sign parts of the language) in my beginner course! Learn more: courses.aslmeredith.com

[@lovinglyheartsforever]

Is she deaf/hard of hearing? I’m hard of hearing myself and I’m also blind