How to sign MOVIE, BUSINESS, BUSY - similar signs in ASL for beginners

[@JessicaNiles]

I love the casual conversational signs you throw in like "NYB" and "true-biz". The stuff you don't find in an ASL dictionary. More of those, please! 🤟🏼

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks for the encouraging feedback, Jessica! Yes, I can try to sneak in more as it's relevant!

[@90qwertys]

Agree!!! Thank you!!!

[@kellycronk1596]

Yes, the Simcom, is every bit as important to me, as the subject words in the lessons. 🎉 very well articulated ❤

[@lorieguill0317]

Thank u for doing these similar sign videos, they are really helpful so I won't embarrass myself with a deaf/HH person.

[@ASLMeredith]

Hope they help !!

[@andrewcepeda]

In the past week I have signed ASL with 3 patients. Thanks for all your videos!

[@ASLMeredith]

That's so great, Andrew! High-five!

[@elliotalderson876]

Your Really good at teaching Asl, I think your the best teacher on youtube, you really put some effort and time into explaining each sign

[@ASLMeredith]

Wow, thank you for the very kind comment! It's so encouraging to know that these help you learn ASL in a way that works for you. Keep on signing! :)

[@HolmesValRN]

Another great video! I love how you break it down and explain each step. If you have the time could you review similar signs: “borrow, be careful, kind, and take care of” Thank you for all of your content!

[@alanastephens6672]

Love the similar sign videos can't wait to see more of these!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks, Alana! Glad you find these useful. Yes, more to come shortly!

[@jessicam9634]

Your such a great instructor. 😊love your videos, Thanks Meredith!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks so much for the kind words, Jessica! I appreciate your encouraging feedback.

[@90qwertys]

Woah this was super super helpful. Thank you so much. I have now subscribed!! Thank you!!

[@thetruth17]

Been missing you and your wonderful teaching. Thank you.

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks, JoSunda!

[@rachelanderson4325]

Your videos are so helpful! I know it’s not a question you can really answer in the comments, but I work in a restaurant and have been wondering how you’d sign a person’s check total?

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi Rachel! I suggest learning the number signs to give a total amount. You could learn "total" or "dollars", too, but the most basic first step would be to learn numbers. If someone knows they're expected to pay, or you've just brought the check over or just rung them up at a register, then signing the number alone in context would make clear that it's the amount they owe. Here are numbers 1-100: kzbin.info/aero/PL-6MutNucAZL1mqZjOklkFgjaOtq-rWLI

[@upsidedown3656]

Please make a similar signs video. On the words new and flower they look similar.

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi, thanks for this suggestion! Can you elaborate on the signs you think are similar? The word NEW is signed in neutral space and FLOWER is signed on the face, so maybe it's a different sign you're thinking of. Perhaps what you're referring to as FLOWER is the sign GROW/PLANT/SPRING? Here are a few videos that include all the signs in question: NEW: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGa5YWqbis6XmNE SPRING: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apazqWBvaMqDhNk FLOWER: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXSYh415rbyFh7c

[@mrs.hebaatta5399]

Great instructor

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank you kindly!

[@rafaelsmith5411]

You're great. Thank you for sent me a video. I enjoy it.

[@ASLMeredith]

Thanks as always, Rafael!

[@rafaelsmith5411]

@@ASLMeredith You're welcome Meredith!

[@isaiaslozano5784]

Can you make a video showing quantities of time? Such as seconds, minutes, hours, weeks etc...

[@ASLMeredith]

Adding it to my list! I also am planning a course that is all about time - so look out for that !

[@pedroferrer926]

First off, love your videos! i noticed that when you fingerspelled business you did the sign for S twice...I thought that for words that end in double letter you always have to slide to side instead of double signing the letter. DId i misunderstand my instructor?

[@ASLMeredith]

Good eye! Different textbooks and different teachers give different "rules" to follow for double letters; there isn't one singular correct way. Vowels are almost always a "slide", while consonants.. you'll see a mix, and it may vary by position. Here's a quora post that summarizes some 'rules': www.quora.com/When-hand-spelling-ASL-how-do-you-sign-two-of-the-same-letters-like-in-good-or-steel But in your class, use the style your teacher recommends!

[@WORDversesWORLD]

Thank you!

[@ASLMeredith]

Thank YOU!

[@annahoward7949]

I think when you do the Y letter and move your hand back and forth it means Again or Another way.

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi Anna- I hope you saw my reply on your other comment, that it means SAME/ similar . So two or more signs being "similar".

[@annahoward7949]

@@ASLMeredith I did thank you. Im going through your video trying to find the sign Where are you from. Can you just sign Where you then hand spell from?

[@annahoward7949]

When you do the Y letter symbol and move your hand back and forward what does that mean?

[@ASLMeredith]

It means SAME or similar !

[@annahoward7949]

@@ASLMeredith I see, that makes sense. Thank you.

[@ellihoule6338]

Can you do a video on how to gramsticslly sign “very” before things, like very busy, very hungry, very angry etc? Cuz I just sign “a lot” even though Ik it’s not correct, it’s just the only thing I can think of

[@JessicaNiles]

What I learned was to sign more emphatically to match the severity of the "very". If you're just regular hungry- sign HUNGRY. If you're *VERY* hungry, use your whole body to accentuate and dramatize the sign... (however, with this particular sign- do NOT make it repeatedly! It means something else entirely if you do. 😂😜)

[@UnselfishServiceTheater]

I'm confused. The sign for "Busy" in your video "Learn American Sign Language: Beginner conversational words and phrases in ASL" looks the same as the sign for "Business" in this video. Am I overlooking something in the two gestures?

[@bjgoels]

I had noticed in a television program recently that the words for thank you and good seem to be the same. Did I misunderstand?

[@ASLMeredith]

Good eye! The signs GOOD and THANK-YOU can look very similar. GOOD may be done 2-handed, with the dominant hand ending against the non-dominant. But when signed one-handed, GOOD can look a lot like THANK-YOU. Context will typically make the meaning clear.

[@outofideas6954]

Her trying to help people who want to learn sign language: Me: *learns how to say "mind your business"*

[@orestesdelgado4372]

All signs asl l am foward Busy but off work ! And l would like go with movie theatre! Yeah

[@xenoranger79]

The B in Business swipes like an old Credit Card machine with the carbon paper. At least, that's how I"m going to remember the difference.

[@ASLMeredith]

That's a great memory trick for that one! Love it! Thanks for sharing

[@primmoore6232]

I still get these signs confused: CLEAN / NEW / PAPER / SCHOOL.

[@ASLMeredith]

I've got you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYHceKubmbSKr80

[@ASLMeredith]

(and NEW is different - BOTH hands are palm-up! One fluid movement.)

[@primmoore6232]

I should have known you already had a video on this! Good to know I'm not the only one. Clean & school, I'm good on, but the other two... I practiced it as a back-to-school phrase: clean, new, school paper.

[@ashleyfoster4928]

It's hard to focus cuz you're all over the place I know you're trying to explain everything to make since

[@ASLMeredith]

Hi Ashley, thanks for your feedback! Could you be more specific about "all over the place?" so I can better understand and improve for you? I show each sign with the word on screen first, and then add some explanation to help you produce the sign correctly. For the explanation portions, did you know there's voiceover and caption to help you follow along? Hope that helps. At 4:11 there's a review of only the signs (no explanation or sentences). And lastly - if the video jumps around or feels too quick, please use KZbin's video controls to change the speed to 0.5 or 0.25 ! An easy way to slow things down.

[@albertpena2853]

Busy busy the beat and shape on a relaxed other hand here fist or relaxed busy official expression to show wow really busy really busy maybe sorry I can I'm busy busy Izzy example have plans a lot of work a lot going on. Is he it's business another way is Ness SMS I got the movement a little different business for business Fitness or one little tip if you want to sign not your business or none of your business and why be a sign none of your business and not your business how do I get not your business again Izzy versus is nest both use similar handshape and location the movement is a little different plus busy can use facial expression to show busy versus business busy business another sign that's similar is movie differences the non-dominant hand is pom in Word your dominant hand Mommy movie or film Bank of lake in the past those films would use a projection with light up on a screen movie like your hand is the screen want to add is true as truth is ASL sign there's not really one exact English word play Kirby lore seriously sure enough that the ASL sign truth is truth is for more related to that sign trouba I'll add some links in the description so that you can learn more about that sign truth is again we have business not your business busy movie movie