How do you sign “Bad” in ASL?
BAD: BAD in American Sign Language (ASL) disapproves or describes what went wrong. Watch the video and animation below to see it signed.
When do you use the sign BAD?
BAD covers weather, days, news, and behavior. With GOOD it forms the first evaluation pair students practice, and the two make an easy warm-up drill: rate everything in sight. In ASL as anywhere, delivery decides how harsh it lands. Like GOOD, it stays polite or turns pointed depending entirely on the face that delivers it.
Lesson 1 of the challenge teaches it beside GOOD.
📖 BAD is taught in Lesson 1 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →
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