Signing For Dummies (25 page)

English:
The gold is theirs.

Sign:
GOLD THEIRS

Fun & Games Answers

Chapter 5: Food: The Whole Enchilada

In This Chapter

Munching morning, noon, and night

Dining in restaurants

Enjoying ethnic foods

Expanding sentences

Going to the grocery

When dining out with Deaf people, who love to wine and dine like anyone else, you might want to ask them what’s good on the menu, but you don’t know how. This chapter covers signing three squares, dining out and ordering drinks, and finding sales and specials in the grocery store.

Eating Three Squares a Day

When you’re lucky enough to get an invitation to join other Signers for brunch, take along these Signs to get you through the event. Here we go over Signs of breakfast, lunch, and dinner plus everything you’ll see on the table — except your elbows. Before you dive into a dish of delights for any meal, check out Table 5-1 for a list of some necessary tools.

These next sentences help you to see Sign in action. Here’s how to sign the words for what you’ll need at the table. A good host not only knows when to use the salad fork but also how to sign it. To sign
place setting,
sign
fork, knife,
and
spoon.
A great way to remember how to make the Signs for tableware is pretty simple. What you do with the objects relates to the Signs. For example,
napkin
is a wiping motion on the mouth;
spoon
uses a scooping motion;
fork
has a stabbing motion;
knife
has a cutting motion.

English:
I need another place setting, please.

Sign:
PLEASE — KNIFE FORK SPOON — NEED ME

English:
The plate and glass are broken.

Sign:
PLATE — GLASS — BROKEN

English:
I need three bowls.

Sign:
THREE BOWLS — NEED ME

English:
The napkin is dirty.

Sign:
NAPKIN — DIRTY

Table 5-2 shows you how to sign meal-related words.