To sign 'living room', you will combine two distinct signs: 'fine' and 'room'. First, open your dominant hand with your fingers spread wide (a '5' handshape) and tap your thumb against the center of your chest. Next, transition into the sign for 'room'. Hold both hands flat in front of you with your fingers pointing forward and palms facing each other. Move them to outline the sides of a box, representing the walls of a room.
To express this, you would sign 'family', 'watch', 'TV', and then finish with the compound sign for 'living room' (FINE + ROOM). Establish the room's location in your signing space.
Sign 'please', 'clean', and 'living room'. You can emphasize the 'clean' sign with a sweeping motion to show that the entire room needs to be tidied up.
Sign 'we', 'buy', 'new', 'sofa' (often signed as 'sit' plus 'soft'), and then 'living room'. Use your spatial awareness to show where the sofa goes in the room.
To express this, you would sign 'family', 'watch', 'TV', and then finish with the compound sign for 'living room' (FINE + ROOM). Establish the room's location in your signing space.
Sign 'please', 'clean', and 'living room'. You can emphasize the 'clean' sign with a sweeping motion to show that the entire room needs to be tidied up.
Sign 'we', 'buy', 'new', 'sofa' (often signed as 'sit' plus 'soft'), and then 'living room'. Use your spatial awareness to show where the sofa goes in the room.
In ASL, the living room is traditionally conceptualized as the 'fancy room' or parlor where guests are hosted. Combining 'fine' and 'room' captures the historical purpose of the space as the nicest room in the house.
No, you don't need to draw a complete square. Simply showing the opposite sides of the box with your flat hands, or doing a quick two-sided outline, is enough to clearly convey the concept of a room.
While 'live' (with 'A' or 'L' hands moving up the chest) plus 'room' is a recognized regional variation, the 'fine room' version shown here is highly standard and widely understood across the Deaf community.
