Thanks so much for your time and effort on all your BSL videos, I passed my level 2 11years ago, and haven't used it since. I .now getting back into my BSL learning by practicing from.videos like yours and zoom. 👍🏾
@@bsllearningwithmel4459 Thanks Mel. Maybe you could do some more examples of sentances that could be turned into pictures eg. "She stood at the window of her flat" and then some more abstract ones eg "Science is John's favorite subject", "I will go to Canada next year". Thanks again :)
Great explanation. The way I've been taught is, you can't colour it in before you've drawn it. Just curious, in this example, you sign black cat, why wouldn't it be cat black?
I’ve never tried to learn bsl I know little but it’s the order -time,location,subject matter (cat,human,boy),action of subject matter, question, doing ? - sorry I don’t rly know this was very helpful tho
This is such a great explanation video! I’m currently learning Makaton to assist my charity work, but I really want to learn BSL, too. Since Makaton uses the same syntax as English, this video is extremely helpful!🥰🥰
This is a very thorough video and it really helped a lot. I feel like I may have missed one thing though. In the English sentence, you said you saw the black cat sitting on the bridge but I didn't see the part about it being you that saw it mentioned in the subtitles for the BSL ordering. Would it just be implicit from the context that it is something you saw yourself rather than something you maybe heard about or "Yesterday THERE WAS a black cat sitting on the bridge watching the fish." rather than "Yesterday I SAW a black cat sitting on the bridge watching the fish." Or would this kind of nuance not be important in the grand scheme of the sentence? Thanks for your videos, I appreciate you taking the time to help people learn BSL.
Hi Ant, thank you for your comment. I think if its just a statement like the black cat was sitting on the bridge watching the fish then it's fine. If you wanted to add in that you saw it, you could always start off, yesterday me saw....I wouldn't get to worried about it, I think set the time frame up first and sign it like your painting a picture. I hope that makes some sort of sense. Thank you very much for watching my videos!
this is so helpful! this may be a silly question but would it be the same for sentences with more than 1 verb? ie: “i hope to improve my sign language this year”- would it be: “this year my sign language i hope improve”?
Hi Sophie, you could sign in 2 ways-"Year sign language improve hope." The reason why I left out my is because with correct facial expressions I would know you are talking about yourself. "Year sign language hope improve." Hope that helps.
hi Mel, firstly, thanks for the video and taking the time to explain it. I'm a little confused by the inclusion of the 'WHY?' when the original sentence seems a statement rather than a question. Maybe you could clarify? Also, I wanted to know if you might know of any 'cheat sheets' or 'table mats' that I could use in an introduction to BSL sessions going on in my school, particularily that helps with simple communication building blocks. Looking to support others learning BSL with limited knowledge myself. ;)
Hi you’re welcome. The why or it could be another question, is added because it breaks up the sentences and makes it clearer to follow. It’s part of BSL grammar.This is not always used and if it was continually used it could become annoying or make the sentence disjointed. I think experience tells you when to use it and when to miss it out. Hope that helps. Sorry I’m not sure what you mean by table mats but there are some clear books for beginners which would appeal to children and adults by Cath Smith. All the best with your signing 🤗
BSL learning with Mel thankyou for your reply and time. I think i have it, sentence structure needs to be my next learning point and experience hopefully will follow. Im working with a sign professional this week to deliver BSL as a course at my school, in at the deepend!
Could you please just do a load of examples of comparisons between english and BSL for some more help. Maybe even do like a quiz type thing coz this is really confusing lol.
Just found these videos and they're great! I have (maybe) a really dumb question: should we mirror your actions, or reproduce them the same way round? In other words when you sign with your left hand, is that our right (mirrored) or our left? I assume it's the latter but thought I'd check!
hither should be a CC icon, press that subs should come up. If not, there are 3 vertical dots at the top of the screen, press that and it should give you the option of adding subtitles. Hope it works.
![BSL Syntax and sign order for beginners [subtitles available]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dLvoW-SHPco/mqdefault.jpg)
This is fantastic - I have waited years to find out this simple, but VERY important information a thank you Mel!
You're very welcome!
As someone with no knowledge of SL this was explained really well!
Hi lea, thankyou very much😃
Such a good, clear video. So helpful to have someone teaching grammar instead of just vocab. Really, really enjoy your videos, please make some more!
Thanks so much for your time and effort on all your BSL videos, I passed my level 2 11years ago, and haven't used it since. I .now getting back into my BSL learning by practicing from.videos like yours and zoom. 👍🏾
Mia nord Hi Mia, that’s great you’re getting back into it. It’s a really good skill to have. Thank you 😊
Thank you so much for this video. I have been switching between using BSL and SSE. This has helped me understand how to use BSL properly now 😃
Hi Charlotte, Thankyou so much. Pleased it's helpful.
I loved that, please do more in this structure, it’s so helpful.
Blue Cat Thank you, il have to have a think of something 🤔
Thank you for doing this. It's one of the best explainations I've come across. I hope you do more examples, I'd find them realy useful.
Atanalo Thank you very much, I’ll put my thinking cap on, if I can find it 😃
@@bsllearningwithmel4459 Thanks Mel. Maybe you could do some more examples of sentances that could be turned into pictures eg. "She stood at the window of her flat" and then some more abstract ones eg "Science is John's favorite subject", "I will go to Canada next year".
Thanks again :)
Great explanation. The way I've been taught is, you can't colour it in before you've drawn it.
Just curious, in this example, you sign black cat, why wouldn't it be cat black?
I've been trying to learn bsl on my own and this was very helpful. Thank you!
You're so welcome!
I’ve never tried to learn bsl I know little but it’s the order -time,location,subject matter (cat,human,boy),action of subject matter, question, doing ? - sorry I don’t rly know this was very helpful tho
Thank you so much 🤗
This is such a great explanation video! I’m currently learning Makaton to assist my charity work, but I really want to learn BSL, too. Since Makaton uses the same syntax as English, this video is extremely helpful!🥰🥰
Hi Jasmine, that’s very kind thank you. What a lovely thing to do. I wish you all the best😀
This is a very thorough video and it really helped a lot. I feel like I may have missed one thing though. In the English sentence, you said you saw the black cat sitting on the bridge but I didn't see the part about it being you that saw it mentioned in the subtitles for the BSL ordering. Would it just be implicit from the context that it is something you saw yourself rather than something you maybe heard about or "Yesterday THERE WAS a black cat sitting on the bridge watching the fish." rather than "Yesterday I SAW a black cat sitting on the bridge watching the fish." Or would this kind of nuance not be important in the grand scheme of the sentence?
Thanks for your videos, I appreciate you taking the time to help people learn BSL.
Hi Ant, thank you for your comment. I think if its just a statement like the black cat was sitting on the bridge watching the fish then it's fine. If you wanted to add in that you saw it, you could always start off, yesterday me saw....I wouldn't get to worried about it, I think set the time frame up first and sign it like your painting a picture. I hope that makes some sort of sense. Thank you very much for watching my videos!
A really great video, brilliantly explained.
Gosh that was a lovely video, beautifully explained
Hi Nicola, Thankyou very much, I'm pleased you found it helpful 😃
I not seen this level of explain since my old teacher s its nice to see I've missed seeing it done this way ;) exclent video
Thankyou very much. I think sign order can be tricky so am really pleased the video helped 😃
BSL learning with Mel oh yes I really enjoy your videos an will comment more know me I lreaned a few new signs which is great ;)
This is so helpful, I'm currently doing a BSL course with Janets, it's good, but syntax isn't taught.
this is so helpful! this may be a silly question but would it be the same for sentences with more than 1 verb? ie: “i hope to improve my sign language this year”- would it be: “this year my sign language i hope improve”?
Hi Sophie, you could sign in 2 ways-"Year sign language improve hope." The reason why I left out my is because with correct facial expressions I would know you are talking about yourself. "Year sign language hope improve." Hope that helps.
hi Mel, firstly, thanks for the video and taking the time to explain it. I'm a little confused by the inclusion of the 'WHY?' when the original sentence seems a statement rather than a question. Maybe you could clarify?
Also, I wanted to know if you might know of any 'cheat sheets' or 'table mats' that I could use in an introduction to BSL sessions going on in my school, particularily that helps with simple communication building blocks. Looking to support others learning BSL with limited knowledge myself. ;)
Hi you’re welcome. The why or it could be another question, is added because it breaks up the sentences and makes it clearer to follow. It’s part of BSL grammar.This is not always used and if it was continually used it could become annoying or make the sentence disjointed. I think experience tells you when to use it and when to miss it out. Hope that helps.
Sorry I’m not sure what you mean by table mats but there are some clear books for beginners which would appeal to children and adults by Cath Smith. All the best with your signing 🤗
BSL learning with Mel thankyou for your reply and time. I think i have it, sentence structure needs to be my next learning point and experience hopefully will follow. Im working with a sign professional this week to deliver BSL as a course at my school, in at the deepend!
thezerocool22 I hope all goes well 🤗
Brilliant explanation - thank you
arthur penlington Thank you Arthur, am really pleased it’s helpful
Thank you your videos are amazing!!
Thank you very much and thank you for watching 🤗
Could you please just do a load of examples of comparisons between english and BSL for some more help. Maybe even do like a quiz type thing coz this is really confusing lol.
Thank you. Love explanation
Just found these videos and they're great!
I have (maybe) a really dumb question: should we mirror your actions, or reproduce them the same way round? In other words when you sign with your left hand, is that our right (mirrored) or our left? I assume it's the latter but thought I'd check!
Use your dominant hand
Thank you! This is so helpful!
Hi, thank you so much, really appreciate it.
where can I access the subtitles?
hither should be a CC icon, press that subs should come up. If not, there are 3 vertical dots at the top of the screen, press that and it should give you the option of adding subtitles. Hope it works.
Thank you so much for this!
PERFECT!
Ethan Cox Thank you Ethan 😀, I’m never perfect though 😂
@@bsllearningwithmel4459 well that ain't true! Perfect video explained by a perfect teacher. Thanks very much :)
Really helpful. Thanks
Thank you james
That grammatical aspect is almost the same as ASL.
Hi Greg, that's really interesting to know.