Signing For Dummies (48 page)

English:
Can I use the bathroom?

Sign:
BATHROOM — USE ME CAN Q

English:
Is this your bedroom?

Sign:
BEDROOM — YOURS Q

English:
The kitchen is hot.

Sign:
KITCHEN — HOT

English:
Don’t play in the living room.

Sign:
LIVING ROOM — PLAY THERE — DON’T

Furnishing your home

After you have rooms, you can start filling them with furniture. Table 9-6 shows you the Signs for everything from window treatments to carpet.

After you have the Sign for
chair
down, you’ll have no problem with
love seat
or
couch.
To sign love seat, sign chair (double motion); then, with the same handshape, put your dominant hand next to your passive hand to show a couch for two. To sign couch, make the Sign for chair (single motion); then have your dominant hand go outward to show several seats.

If you’re comfortable with these furnishings, try the following sentences.

English:
Sit on the couch.

Sign:
COUCH — SIT

English:
Turn on the lamp.

Sign:
LAMP O-N

English:
My carpet is white.

Sign:
MY CARPET — WHITE

English:
The picture is crooked.

Sign:
PICTURE — CROOKED