A comprehensive vocabulary video of family member signs in British Sign Language (BSL). In this video, Dan demonstrates signs for various different family members as well as some example sentences.
Some of the signs have the same, or similar, hand movements therefore your lip pattern is important; mouth the relevant word.
Test your receptive skills and see if you can understand the sentence at the end of the video. Leave your answers in the comments below.
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Video Timestamps:
00:10 Introduction
00:36 Family (1)
00:47 Family (2)
00:58 Mother or mum (1)
01:07 Mother or mum (2)
01:16 Father
01:25 Dad
01:34 Parents (1)
01:45 Parents (2)
01:55 Son
02:04 Daughter
02:13 Girl
02:20 Boy
02:30 Child
02:41 Children
02:50 Brother
03:00 Sister
03:10 Half (half-brother, half-sister)
03:24 Step (stepmum, stepdad)
03:35 In-law (mother-in-law, father-in-law)
03:53 Married
04:05 Husband, Wife or Spouse
04:19 Adopted
04:32 Foster
04:46 Grandma or Grandfather
04:54 Grandfather
05:00 Grandparents
05:10 Great Grandma
05:15 Great Grandfather
05:21 Grandchild
05:27 Grandchildren
05:32 Aunt (1)
05:43 Aunt (2)
05:51 Uncle (1)
06:00 Uncle (2)
06:08 Niece or Nephew
06:21 Cousin
06:31 2nd cousin
06:38 Partner
06:48 Fiancé, Fiancée or Engaged
07:00 Girlfriend
07:10 Boyfriend
07:19 Divorced
07:33 Separated
07:43 Widow
07:55 Relative
08:07 Godmother or Godfather
08:17 Pregnant
08:26 Baby
08:35 Twin
08:48 Friend (1)
08:57 Friend (2)
09:09 What's your mum's name?
09:29 My mum's name is Sally.
09:52 How old is your brother?
10:10 My brother is 15 years old.
10:29 Do you have any brothers or sisters?
10:48 I have two brothers and one sister.
11:13 I am an only child.
11:30 I'm engaged! The wedding is next year and I'm looking forward to it.
12:00 I've got two children. One is named John and the other Billy.
12:53 Receptive quiz
13:58 Thanks for watching!
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