That was fun! I'll admit I keep getting my right and left confused so I'm messing up a lot, but I assume that isn't a problem for more coordinated people.
That was fun! I'll admit I keep getting my right and left confused so I'm messing up a lot, but I assume that isn't a problem for more coordinated people.
Fancy a cup of mermaid tea?
LOL I DO THAT ALL THE TIME! I swear I'm a lefty when it comes to ASL.
user formerly known as mermaidofthelabyrinth
same. They forced me to use my right when learning one time.Originally Posted by mermaidofthelabyrinth
lol
That's okay! It's extremely common! Nearly everyone starts out mirroring the signer they're learning from! The trick is to remember that your dominant hand should be doing the majority of the movement!
Formerly known as Lotus_Blooming
Loving these! I used to be semi fluent when I was younger (a library I went too had free classes and we took those along with Spanish but now I don't remember either languages.) For vocab, could you maybe do one on shopping? Like ordering food, asking questions for shoppers, buying things, asking if they want anything else, etc? Because it would really help me with my job
Mermaid Momo, I'm so glad you like them! Thank you so much for the suggestion! That will be the vocabulary for Lesson 3!
What types of food do you sell, so I can teach you those signs as well?
If anyone else needs or wants to learn any particular vocabulary, please feel free to let me know! I'll do my best to make these as helpful as possible for you all!
Formerly known as Lotus_Blooming
I figured on the dominant hand thing, it's the signs that involve two hands both moving that throw me the most, like the one for shark. But I'll keep practicing!
I know for foreign languages one of the most useful phrases they teach is how to say you are not fluent in that language. It's one of the only things I still remember from high school Spanish, besides "Tengo un gato verde en mis pantalones." I think it was originally purple, but I forgot that one so I subbed in green at some point.
Fancy a cup of mermaid tea?
What about a green cat in your pants?
(My favorite translated into every language is "my hovercraft is full of eels)
I figured Disney phrases and names of Disney movies for the store would help.
"did Ursula steal your voice?"
"Ursula stole mine too!"
and other basic phrases like
"how can I help you? What would you like?
no problem! I'll be back.
maybe other animal signs too.
The SeaGlass Siren
This is so cool!
We've been slowly learning ASL and teaching it to our daughter. It really helped when she was a pre-verbal infant, she could sign "milk" when she was hungry, "diaper" when she was wet, and "sleepy" when she was tired, and of course "mom" and "dad".
Since moving to England it's been interesting finding out differences between ASL and BSL.
My sister couldn't speak normally as a toddler, so we taught her ASL. I started taking it at the junior college when I was 11.
Celaeno have you showed your daughter Signing Time videos? My sister used to love them.
Yes! They're so great! We started with Baby Signing Time and worked up to Signing Time. June loves them too.
Im taking ASL classes right now and it is great
formerly jayy
cats cats cats...whats up with those things?
Formerly known as jayy
I have my final tomorrow and Thursday
user formerly known as mermaidofthelabyrinth
I migjt transfer to a 2 year and get an AA in deaf studies
formerly jayy
cats cats cats...whats up with those things?
Formerly known as jayy
Working on the next video! I apologize for the delay. It's taking me longer than I thought to find the time to do it! (Adding the subtitles takes the longest)!
Thanks, everyone!! <3
Formerly known as Lotus_Blooming
No worries lotus!!! You're volunteering your time to do this for us which is super appreciated! Take as much time as needed
The SeaGlass Siren
wondering if i should learn british sign language too o-o
because heres the thing with canada; we live right next to the states so we have a shit ton of similarities and things that are the same with the states (mixed use of colour/color, grey/gray)
but heres the other thing; we still bow to the queen and most of the things we use are borrowed from the british.
The SeaGlass Siren
This is so useful! I tried to take ASL in high school but due to fine motor issues my teacher got me moved out of the class into a non-credit study hall. I almost didn't graduate because of that.
I don't understand how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad
I think I passed my class which is exciting and I hope I'll continue using the language
user formerly known as mermaidofthelabyrinth
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