Just like how in English where there is more than one word for a meaning there is more than one sign for a specific meaning in ASL. In this video I am showing how the signs can change depending on the meaning.
I also discuss how using an ASL dictionary should be a last resort to learning a sign and the video discusses why that it.
This video is to get you thinking in ASL and I hope that now when you are signing you are asking yourself, “does this sign match my meaning”?
About the Author:
Michelle has been learning ASL for 11+ years. She went to Bristol Community College and graduated with her Associates in Deaf Studies. She then moved to NH and enrolled in the Sign Language Interpreting Program at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester and graduated with her Bachelors in Communications. You can follow Michelle on Twitter.
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Ahhh I am deaf so I cant hear what she is saying… some subtitles might be good, you think?
Hi Cindi,
Let me know if you still can’t get the subtitles up.
There are actually subtitles in this video. Sometimes they don’t stay up on the screen long enough *still working out the kinks* Some of the earlier videos don’t have subtitles but the last five or so do
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