Signing For Dummies (36 page)

English:
The red shirt is better than the green.

Sign:
RED SHIRT — GREEN SHIRT — RED (point) BETTER

English:
His coat is the warmest.

Sign:
HIS COAT — WARM — TOP

English:
Your shoes are the ugliest.

Sign:
YOUR SHOES — UGLY — WORST

Fun & Games Answers

Chapter 7: The Signer About Town

In This Chapter

Going out on the town

Signing days and weeks

Going about town, you see Deaf people signing at every turn. Because you’re reading this book and discovering ways to communicate in Sign, stopping to chat with them is no longer difficult.

The Signs in this chapter give you an edge on conversing with other Signers about the world of culture and entertainment. After you familiarize yourself with this chapter, you can discuss movies, plays, the theater, and even exhibits in a museum.

And because you can’t make a date to see a show if you don’t know how to indicate the day and time you’re meeting, we include a section that covers those subjects as well.

Making Plans

Getting together with friends to take on the town has never been so easy. The Signs in Table 7-1 can help get you on your way.

Some timely tips to pencil in:
Appointment
and
reservation
are the same Sign, so if you can sign one, you’ve got the other.
Schedule
looks like the grid on a calendar page.
Socialize
is one thumb circling the other.
Write down
and
record
share the same Sign. To
cancel an appointment or date
is exactly as it seems — make an
X
on your passive hand.

The following sentences are sure to help you make or break plans:

English:
Write it down on your calendar.

Sign:
YOUR CALENDAR — WRITE DOWN

English:
We have reservations.

Sign:
RESERVATIONS — HAVE US

English:
What is your schedule for tomorrow?

Sign:
TOMORROW — YOUR SCHEDULE — WHAT Q

English:
The event was cancelled.

Sign:
FINISH — EVENT — CANCEL

Finish
is signed to show the sentence is past tense. See
Chapter 2
.

When you need to sign what time something occurs, or if you’re giving the time, all you do is touch your wrist where you normally wear your watch and then sign the number. For example, if you want to tell someone that it’s 2:00, touch your wrist and then sign the number 2. To distinguish between a.m. and p.m., you sign
morning, afternoon,
or
night
after the number. An exception to that rule: For
midnight,
you simply sign the number 12 straight down; don’t touch your wrist. You sign
12 noon
straight up.