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This is another list of feelings. You can see lesson 10 for the first list. Words taught in this lesson: Emotion Expression Upset Eager Jealous Lazy Tired Lonely Guilty Embarrassed Confused Other words discussed: King Lord Alone If you would like to watch the video with the captioning, click the Closed Captioning [CC] button in […]

This is a list of major holidays and their signs. As with non-everyday words, there is not a standard way to do most of these signs. Your deaf friends will know this version of these signs even if this is not the way they do them. Have them teach you the preferred way for your […]

Handling verbs in past, present and future is much easier in sign language than in most spoken languages. Most of the time, context will dictate the tense of a verb. If the person is talking about his vacation to the mountains last week then all his verbs are in the past tense. When you tell […]

Here is a list of foods you might need for your big Thanksgiving meal this week! Of course, one of the most effective ways to get the food you want is to point. But since your mother taught you not to point and she will also be at the meal with you, it is best […]

Along with the scattered verbs you have learned in previous lessons, here is a lesson with some of the more common verbs. As you will learn, many verbs can be guessed at by doing the action that accompanies the verb. This won’t work in all cases, but many times it does. And if the word […]

A simple lesson dealing with vocabulary from the home. Home House Door Window Chair Table Bed Shower Bathe Bathroom Light The chart to write out the 5 elements is downloadable as a PDF. The video above is captioned for those needing captioning. Be sure to click on the [CC] logo on the video player to […]

Personal pronouns are the ones that talk about me, you and them. They are handled in a systematic and simple way in sign language. You can still express as much with just a few gestures as you can in English, but you don’t have to worry about the case of the pronoun (whether the right […]

Join me in my back yard this time to learn some nature signs. My current office/video studio is a corner of my unfinished basement. Last week I started doing some work to build walls so that I don’t freeze to death this winter while trying to make videos for the website. I enjoyed being outside […]

These are words that deal with basic church signs. These are not signs talking about different religious groups. I plan to do a separate lesson on that later. These are just basic signs that most churches would use in their services that may not be covered in general sign language classes. Be aware that these […]

There are 5 elements to most signs. They are: shape, location, movement, orientation and non-manual elements. When you are learning new signs, especially when you don’t have a book or video to refer to, you need to write down these 5 aspects for the signs you are trying to learn. Of these 5 elements, the […]

These are signs dealing with feelings or emotions. Feelings Feel Happy Sad Mad Angry Like Don’t like Hate Awful Want Don’t want Love I love you Cry Touch Excited Afraid, Scared Sorry Good Bad The video above is captioned for those needing captioning. Be sure to click on the [CC] logo on the video player […]

These are words related to learning and education; therefore, I entitled the lesson School. However, it isn’t as much about the place as it is about the activities done in school while learning. Here is the main vocabulary covered in this lesson: School Learn Study Understand Misunderstand Confused Think, Thought Know Remember Forget Mean, Meaning, […]

Learning about time. Time What time is it? Day Week Month Year Morning Noon Afternoon Night All day All night Now Today Tomorrow Yesterday Future Past/Before Please click the Closed Captioned [CC] button in the video player if you need captions.

This is a list of words which have common letter combinations. I pulled some words from a longer list of words you can use to practice your spelling with. Try to notice common letter combinations and use them to your advantage for both spelling and reading spelling. The more words you practice the easier different […]

Common questions words and phrases used in ASL. Ask/Pray Ask a question Who What Why What for When Where How How much How many Which Because Answer You can view the closed captions by clicking the Closed Caption [CC] logo on the video player above.