How I Normally Talk With My Deaf Boyfriend IRL 

I think my 3 year old asks me to play their vids just to see Java.

Java is so cute - and so are the little translations from dog into English!

Her gloved paws 💗

Such a lovely dog, and they are such a lovely family.

Ikr

Ellen has explained that she uses SEE when she signs and talks. Because ASL is not translated exclusively word for word for that reason it's a completely different language then English.

SEE is sign exact English

@@love4daydreamer she doesn’t use SEE she uses PSE. Slightly different thing.

@@KoriJaiden oh yeah I forgot there was another thing like SEE

@@love4daydreamer PSE is ASL in English order. SEE(Signing Exact English) is fake signs, many taken from ASL though, for every little word and isn’t a real language. ASL: Store me go. PSE: Me go store. SEE: I am go-I+N+G to the store. (Go and store are the ASL signs, the rest is made up/artificial signs.)

Because I can't sign fluently I try to sign and talk with my husband and my one-year-old son so we can learn sign language.

@@love4daydreamer I can’t sign fluently either, here’s to the both of us learning it!! 😁

read it as singing, was like "wait ellen sang in the video?" lol

@@rxgtv same haha

It really is hard!

It’s quite the opposite sometimes 😅

*aggressive signing*

@@SignDuoChannel wait I'm SO curious now. If you guys are arguing and its noisy does Ryan ever vocalise what he is saying? I would love to see a vid of it hahaha

Lmaoo

Some Deaf people can get really loud. LOL especially as emotions rise.

Yay that’s good to know. Thanks :)

Right! I loved it!

Yes, I agree! I really enjoyed this type of video.

i love how natural and comfortable you look while signing!! not to mention i think it makes ur vids more deaf friendly :) hearing people can stand to do without needing to hear the voicing all the time!

I agree, although I think speaking in the intro (esp how to use captions) is probably a good move, in case someone has never seen your videos before. I’ve watch a few deaf/hearing couples on RU-vid and I always appreciate how well the videos are edited, and the music Ellen picks, but if she’s more comfortable just signing only, go for it! I actually think her speaking had been giving me unrealistic expectations!

Haha 😊

Yeah she impresses me everyday! She’s sooo smart

Hi! Thank you! Ryan and I appreciate you guys being so supportive. It was really cool meeting your husband. I hope we get the chance to meet you someday too :)

@@SignDuoChannel Aw thanks!! I’m so glad I came across your guys channel a while back. That would be awesome if I get to meet you guys as well. Maybe once everything starts going back to being a little more normal lol

Thats so cool!

@@Chonerz22 cool

Despite how good dogs are with verbal commands (and other sound cues, like in clicker training), they actually respond _exceedingly_ well to visual signals. That’s why it’s really common for dog trainers to use hand signals at the same time. I’ve even heard some claims that dogs respond to hand signals better than verbal commands, though IMHO they are both highly effective. My childhood dog was originally trained with commands in Spanish by my mom. Then my grandma moved in with us and simply started speaking English to the dog, so she quickly learned the English commands, too. And then we moved to Switzerland and my stepdad simply used German commands, so in the end we had a trilingual dog! 😂

I believe Ryan said he can hear her bark. Some deaf people can hear their dog barking, some can’t. I have a medic alert dog dog who is bilingual (knows her commands in in English and home signs, some of which are ASL) because I’m deaf and everyone else in the family is hearing. Side benefit, she’s smart and she figured out i can hear some things and not others so if I’m not paying attention she tells me when someone is at the front or back door, or if she wants to go for a walk she will either go to the back door and bark once then watch to see if anyone is paying attention and coming to walk her, and if not will come look at me pointedly, then look at the door or try to herd me towards her leash LOL. She communicates very clearly. Like looks at me, looks at her toy, her bowl, the door, and if I’m ignoring her visual cues she will stand in front of me and bark once to get my attention, but if i don’t hear her or see her she will come nudge me. Like i said, she’s really smart LOL their dog seems to be pretty smart too.

Whenever a new vid comes out I turn off the captions and volume cause my asl teacher (my cuz) told me that it’s a rlly good way to practice 😂. It’s hard tho cause I’m okay at sign but I’m not fluent

Tried it! Great experience, thanks for the encouragement to go full immersion, I learned a lot more!

Yep and you can also slow down the speed if you want in order to catch every sign. Happy signing✌🏽

@@learnasl1644 Omigosh I never even thought of that u just saved me 🤯😂

Good for you! ASL is a language that lots of folk use and there should be more classes for it.

@@bohemiangoddess2 thank youu! i totally agree!

awww good for you. Good luck for your class

God bless you

Bless you

Bless you

bless you

Bless you

I see what you are saying but I have learned all that I know because Ellen signs and talks at the same time. But for those of you that are fluent I totally get why you are saying that or why people agree with you :)

@@learnasl1644 Yes, I can understand. But for deaf culture, it's easier to talk to a person with no voice. I'm deaf and can talk, I tried that and take my mind to work to speak and sign at the same time. Without voice, signing smoothly. Make sense?

Yeah, I kind of thought maybe she wasn't as good at signing, but I guess it's the challenge of doing both. She should feel free to not have to voice.

😆

made me snort lol

As a former interpreter, I can understand that. ASL sentence structure isn't the same as English, so you have to either sign in English or ASL. I personally found it confusing to talk at the same time unless I was in a conversation with both a hearing person and a deaf person- that way they knew what I was saying as well. I'm not sure I'm making sense...

😂 is it that obvious lol

Hahahhaha. That was hilarious!!!😂

It’s not sneaky 😂

Yay! Thanks melody

Hahah she’s so cute when she does that! We love seeing the footage lol

Oh yes dogs do tend to know what we are talking about haha. My dog does for sure! She knows exactly what I’m talking about allll the time. Dogs are very smart and you would be surprised in how they react. I sign to my dog to tell her to go bed or go get her ball or tell her we going for ride, even if I’m signing to a friend, she watches every move. Haha I loveeeeee it.

Hello from USA! We are great hope you are well too:)

@@SignDuoChannel I am very well thank you. I look forward to your next video. Hugs to Java

Plus, you don't have to strain your voice by yelling, just an effortless sign...

Oooh Julia you watch them too!! I love it when I see you commenting on the same videos I watch! (Which happens more than I realize!) 😊

Wow I love to see creators I love supporting each other!

Oh wow!! They have hoodies with that on their! That is great. I want one😁 But wait, I'm hearing.... Would that be okay? My name is Nichole. I've been following Sign Duo for a long time. I'm learning ASL because it is the most beautiful language ever!! May I ask if you are deaf Keoni? If so would you consider getting to know me and then possibly practicing with me some time. I don't know anyone that is actually deaf. Thanks for your time.

Sorry I misspelled your name. Sorry!

Hey Keiona!! That’s soo awesome! Thank you for the support! I hope you are happy with the hoodie and that it is comfy ❤️

@@learnasl1644 yea I think it’s fine if hearing people use the hoodie, that’s why there are abcs on the back. The “I’m not faking it” is more to confront that people shouldn’t judge based on just looks because a disability doesn’t always show.

Erica! Thanks for mentioning that advice that your sister shared. For years I keep the CC's on in order to learn more. But I think it is time for me to challenge myself and turn them off. Thanks again! God bless you

I yell JAVAAAA and sometimes clap my hands

Yayyyy hi!

Hey Devin! Did you know that you can slow down the speed of the video in order to catch every single sign? Happy signing!

@@learnasl1644 I know that now that you told me! Thank you!!!

❤️

Heyy!! In soooo glad that it’s comfy and that you like it! We tried really hard to find the best hoodies we could share ❤️ thank you for commenting and letting us know

haha :)

I remember them saying in one vid that they can see the other’s hands using their peripheral vision? I think lol. And when signing another important thing is to read lips as well, it’s kind of strange to focus on two things at once but it gets better w practice.

I remember from another video that they said they can maintain that eye contact because they've known each other for so long and they're familiar with the way each other communicates. They said that if it's someone they don't know as well that they sometimes find themselves looking at the other persons hands as well

Hello! It does come with time! Often beginners look at lot at the hands, but then they miss part of the message that is portrayed in the facial grammar. When you are more experienced you use your peripheral and wide lens vision to take in the whole message looking at the face and hands at the same time.

@@savanahgleckler thank you for explaining that is very insightful:)

@@mia-saraking5479 thank you for explaining:)

They commented on someone else’s post saying that they still clap their hands to get her attention.

She is! A smart Pupper 🐶

My childhood dog ended up trilingual: my mom originally trained her using Spanish commands. Then my grandma moved in and stroke to the dog in English, so she quickly learned that. And then we moved in with my stepdad who spoke to her in German!