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How to Sign Vegan in BSL

How to Sign Vegan in BSL

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  • @CarolPatrick-mo6cp
    @CarolPatrick-mo6cp53 минут бұрын

    Thank you Dan🤗

  • @ladycaticorn2950
    @ladycaticorn29508 сағат бұрын

    Thank you for the multiple demonstrations and use in a sentence. This was very helpful!

  • @lozzer08
    @lozzer0812 сағат бұрын

    So if you’re saying I’m not working you’d sign working and shake your head?

  • @bijbelevangelisatie4023
    @bijbelevangelisatie402314 сағат бұрын

    Nice video, thanks, God bless you!

  • @mamalka
    @mamalka18 сағат бұрын

    so confused because please and thank you look the same :,)

  • @emiliaturkey8860
    @emiliaturkey8860Күн бұрын

    I got 3/5 right

  • @hatientacetlen4246
    @hatientacetlen4246Күн бұрын

    I misread 13 as "Firespell please" like he was going to teach us a spell.

  • @TheScott10012
    @TheScott10012Күн бұрын

    What about "Spring"?

  • @WARRIORLUNA37
    @WARRIORLUNA372 күн бұрын

    Hello! Just like to say I love your videos and they are very helpful. Also, I’m not sure if you take requests or suggestions and it’s totally fine if you don’t but if you, would you be able to do some receptive BSL videos please? Like a playlist with multiple little short stories in BSL with maybe a translation at the end? Thanks for everything you do!

  • @CarolPatrick-mo6cp
    @CarolPatrick-mo6cpКүн бұрын

    Hi Dan. Your video's are amazing. Would it be possible for you to do conversation sentences with every day words people use? Example: How to ask for a cup of tea with sugar and milk? Thank you x

  • @shivnarayanvivekbabu4418
    @shivnarayanvivekbabu44182 күн бұрын

    So sus

  • @hannahm927
    @hannahm9272 күн бұрын

    I have learned asl and im challenging myself(and my friend) to learn a little bsl over the summer and lets just say bsl is very vague while asl tends to cut right to the bullshit

  • @carolpatrick6095
    @carolpatrick60952 күн бұрын

    Keep up the good work! Really enjoying this channel x

  • @aduck205
    @aduck2053 күн бұрын

    I really love your videos, I'm trying to learn BSL at the moment. I'm a software developer but the only video I've seen on how to say software developer wasn't clear to me, is there any chance you could demonstrate it? I find your videos very useful in the way you show the signs exactly as they are and slow enough to really grasp. Thanks!

  • @owieprone
    @owieprone3 күн бұрын

    WAAAH the sign for 'language' is different than i'm use to, threw me off completely 😆 Thanks for the alphabet refresher.

  • @LexKaiNix
    @LexKaiNix3 күн бұрын

    I got them all 🫶🏻

  • @chriswheeler3895
    @chriswheeler38954 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your amazing videos. They are so helpful. I did a starter course 10 years ago, but without regular practice, I forgot so much. I am in regular contact with deaf customers at work so I want to gain more language. I struggle with sentence structure as I always want to sign in the same order I speak. If I use signs but also speak at the same time (having a conversation with a deaf and a hearing person at the same time), I get in a muddle.

  • @gildawilliamsruggi7884
    @gildawilliamsruggi78844 күн бұрын

    Have wanted to learn BSL for years, your videos finally got me started. Thank you for these brilliantly clear videos, fantastic work!

  • @LongFlannel
    @LongFlannel4 күн бұрын

    Best BSL channel ever!

  • @PenguinFondue
    @PenguinFondue4 күн бұрын

    Cool, that’s efficient

  • @Riya-qe1ns
    @Riya-qe1ns4 күн бұрын

    I had the power to make it 100 likes 👍 And I obviously did ❤

  • @deeshortstuff2281
    @deeshortstuff22814 күн бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏾

  • @pearljam619
    @pearljam6195 күн бұрын

    Ive used BSL for 30 years as both my parents are profoundly deaf and we’ve never used question words at the end. Is this a new thing?

  • @kermitenthusiast485
    @kermitenthusiast4854 күн бұрын

    Hey, I'm Janet Britishsignlanguage, inventor of BSL! Yes, it's a new thing, we only started doing it ten minutes ago! Please note that if you do not use question words at the end of sentences from here on out you _will_ be shot. Thank you, have a nice day!

  • @booflife
    @booflife4 күн бұрын

    Many native speakers of languages don’t know or were not taught formal linguistics structures of the language they speak. Because sign languages have not been formally taught on par with English ,as an example, explains this discrepancy. I meet CODAs everyday that don’t know simple rules of the language because their parents have not corrected them, but rather just focus on understanding them. However, the more linguistically accurate you sign the more native like you present. I’m not sure of the resources to learn BSL linguistics, but I imagine Dan may have some ideas.

  • @kishiallebone4073
    @kishiallebone40735 күн бұрын

    i love Dan and love these videos but i am not a fan of the top knot

  • @pNsB
    @pNsB6 күн бұрын

    Thanks to you, I'm really getting the hang of it! I'm just hoping to be able to read fingerspelling (and signs in general) a bit quicker. Getting there, though!

  • @fay-amieaspen6046
    @fay-amieaspen60464 күн бұрын

    Good luck 👍

  • @embb82
    @embb826 күн бұрын

    One thing I would find helpful personally is a First Person look at these since mirrors flip things and I would like to know by looking at my own hands if I’m making a mistake more easily

  • @tdancemovement
    @tdancemovement6 күн бұрын

    Thank you for these refreshing reminders !!

  • @kirkmt
    @kirkmt7 күн бұрын

    I was taught a different sign for Australia, regional difference?

  • @CommandingHands
    @CommandingHands6 күн бұрын

    Yeah, possibly regional or perhaps signer preference. The other common sign for Australia is the middle finger and thumb touch (on both hands), then motion forward and release. The BSL SignBank is a great tool and for some signs, shows the distribution of signers using a particular variation. Here's a link to the entry for Australia showing both signs: bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/dictionary/words/Australia-1.html Thanks for watching 😊

  • @kirkmt
    @kirkmt6 күн бұрын

    @@CommandingHands yes that’s the sign our tutor gave us! Andy often gives us multiple options and asks us to pick one!

  • @badwolf19
    @badwolf197 күн бұрын

    cool! thanks

  • @draculas1926
    @draculas19267 күн бұрын

    I love this channel! ❤

  • @resurgam75
    @resurgam757 күн бұрын

    Me and this man from work were watching you the other day on the big TV, complimenting you on your 'alluring' eyes 😉

  • @carolinegillespie8781
    @carolinegillespie87817 күн бұрын

    Thank you for these useful phrases.

  • @omarelmihi7903
    @omarelmihi79037 күн бұрын

    I started learning ASL before but it kinda fizzled out over time. Now that ur in my recommended it's a great chance to learn BSL instead.

  • @lewish_1476
    @lewish_14767 күн бұрын

    For USA, could you just fingerspell the 3 letters

  • @CommandingHands
    @CommandingHands7 күн бұрын

    Yeah, fingerspelling the letters USA would be fine too.

  • @lewish_1476
    @lewish_14766 күн бұрын

    @@CommandingHands thanks man

  • @ms.carriage6867
    @ms.carriage68677 күн бұрын

    Shorts and more long form videos 😃😃 Dan you're the best ❤❤

  • @ms.carriage6867
    @ms.carriage68677 күн бұрын

    You can take me to dinner anytime 😊😮🤫🤭

  • @elainawang4977
    @elainawang49777 күн бұрын

    Hi canada here😊

  • @Yamislittleangel55
    @Yamislittleangel557 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this! It's actually come in handy

  • @beansprout9261
    @beansprout92617 күн бұрын

    This is really useful! I’m so glad this channel is back, I’ve learnt so much from your videos

  • @lewish_1476
    @lewish_14767 күн бұрын

    Thank you for showing how to form sentences. Thanks Dan. I've always wanted to know how to connect words together

  • @YourUsualDucky
    @YourUsualDucky8 күн бұрын

    👍✋✋👏👏🖖🖖🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🤙🤙🤙🤙🤝🤝🤝🤝🤘🤘🤘🤘🤟🤟🖕🖕

  • @Akshithaa974
    @Akshithaa9748 күн бұрын

    Nice

  • @annap3972
    @annap39728 күн бұрын

    I just started following you. You are doing an amazing job, thank you! 💛

  • @emily7478
    @emily74789 күн бұрын

    I love these quizzes so much! I'm still finding it tough to keep up, but these videos are good practice :)

  • @susangumbrell3874
    @susangumbrell38749 күн бұрын

    Happy Saturday Dan, thank you as always. Blessings Susie 🙏🇬🇧

  • @booflife
    @booflife9 күн бұрын

    For us in ASL you are saying trouble skiing.. more the cross country type. Hahaha. Love your videos Dan. Makes me grin everyday.

  • @dawnrobbins658
    @dawnrobbins65810 күн бұрын

    Sheffield Derby Gloucester Norwich Newcastle....❤

  • @roseparade_
    @roseparade_10 күн бұрын

    Got the first three! But struggled with the last two at this speed. I need to practice some more :)

  • @shirleylittle3485
    @shirleylittle348510 күн бұрын

    Hopefully Sheffield Derby Gloucester Norwich Newcastle

  • @kouda_ha
    @kouda_ha11 күн бұрын

    You've just informed me that I am very bad at putting together letters to know a word if it's just spelled out to me lmao

  • @CommandingHands
    @CommandingHands11 күн бұрын

    Answers below 👇👇👇 . . . 1. Sheffield 2. Derby 3. Gloucester 4. Norwich 5. Newcastle

  • @smilernats1
    @smilernats110 күн бұрын

    I couldn't get Gloucester but I'm happy to have gotten 4 out of 5!