Positive Signs in British Sign Language (BSL)

Learn how to sign words with positive meaning in British Sign Language (BSL).
👉 Use your dominant hand for one-handed signs and the main action in two-handed signs. Try not to switch hands as it can be confusion for the person you are signing to. Dan (in this video) is right-handed.
👉 Some signs have the same English word when translated. Try to focus on the visual aspect of the BSL sign. Learning variations is useful to expand your vocabulary.
👉 While some variations are included in this video, there are other acceptable forms of some of these signs. For example, the sign for 'pretty' or 'handsome' can also be produced with an extended thumb instead of an extended index finger as shown in this video.
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Timestamps:
0:20 Good
0:27 Great
0:38 Kind
0:48 Nice
0:59 Amazing (1)
1:10 Amazing (2)
1:20 Amazing (3)
1:31 Pretty or Handsome
1:40 Beautiful
1:51 Wonderful
2:01 Perfect
2:11 Sweet
2:21 Cute
2:29 Lovely (1)
2:39 Lovely (2)
2:48 Friendly
2:59 Popular
3:09 Funny
3:20 Clever
3:30 Intelligent
3:41 Happy
3:51 Delighted
4:02 Confident
4:13 Resilient
4:23 Focused
4:32 Determined
4:43 Brave (1)
4:54 Brave (2)
5:04 Faithful

[@susangumbrell3874]

Hello again Dan, again today I have learned some more new signs. Every day is a learning day! Thank you!!! Blessings Susie 🙏👍😊

[@pokiigames4167]

Amazing vid as always. I was wondering if maybe you could show us common phrases used in hospitals? As a nurse it would be very helpful. 😊

[@noxlux9163]

Im autistic and always struggle to do facial expressions which often causes confusion when i talk in bsl, but i also end up speaking in a monotone voice outloud so im always confusing to people

[@St4nthem4n07]

Hi. Does anyone know how to sign 'to be' in bsl? I've been trying to sign 'I am a student' but idk how to sign the 'am' part of it. Any help would be great.

[@christinemuscroft5893]

I would sign ‘me what student’.

[@St4nthem4n07]

@christinemuscroft5893 ah okay, thank you. Is this how it would usually be signed or is it usually up to the person signing?

[@christinemuscroft5893]

@@St4nthem4n07 it is up to the student signing but that is how I would sign it.

[@Calyylac]

There’s no sign for “to be” in most contexts, so you’d either just do ME STUDENT or ME WHAT? STUDENT like the other commenter said. It’s also quite common to repeat the me at the end for the first option, so you’d do ME STUDENT ME

[@St4nthem4n07]

@@Calyylac ahhh, that makes sense. Thank you :)