How to Sign "Yes & No" in Japanese Sign Language

Hi everybody it’s been along time since I posted a video. I received a comment from Trinity Prefontaine, under one of my videos and was asking about how to sign “Yes & No” in Japanese Sign language. There are basically two different ways to say yes and no in Japanese Sign language and in Japanese. Yes: はい hai or そうです sou desu The first way to say “Yes” (はい hai) is say the word and nod your head once. This “YES” can be used for when someone gives you an order, ask you a yes or no question, is asking if you are here, if you are a restaurant worker or store clerk and a customer says, “Excuse me” or can be used to acknowledge someone’s statement and show that you are listening. Wow! That’s a lot of different ways to say yes. The second way of saying “YES” (そうです sou desu) is show that you are agreeing with a statement. Or if it is said strongly: そうですよ！ Sou desu yo! It can mean you strongly agree. Or if it is said softly: そうですか？ Sou desu ka? It can mean, “Is that so?” Or “Oh is that how it is?” Or repetitively: そうそうそうそう. This basically means “Yes, yes, yes yes.” And is quite commonly spoken and signed. No: いいえ iie or 違う chigau The first way to say “No” (いいえ iie) can mean “No” or “Not”. But this is a very direct and cold way of saying “No”. A more common way of saying “No” is 違う chigau, which means “It’s different”. This can be said subtlety or can be said strongly. It is quite common to for Japanese people to say, “ちょっと違う” chotto chigau, “It’s slightly different.” This can be said with many different inflections.    • How to Sign "Yes & No" in Japanese Sign La...