Unit 12 More Initial-Letter Contractions: Dots 4-5 Indicator
These 5 contractions are made up of two consecutive braille cells. The first indicator cell is made up of dots 4 and 5. The second cell uses the first letter or letters of the word it represents.
The contraction "word" (⠘⠺) may generally be used wherever the letters it represents occurs. It can represent a whole word or part of a word. Example: sword
The remaining 4-5 initial-letter contractions should only be used as part of a larger word when the sound or meaning of the word does not change. Example: we use the upon contraction in whereupon, but not in coupon.
| upon | ⠘⠥ | (dots 4-5) u |
| word | ⠘⠺ | (dots 4-5) w |
| these | ⠘⠮ | (dots 4-5) the |
| those | ⠘⠹ | (dots 4-5) th |
| whose | ⠘⠱ | (dots 4-5) wh |
Examples:
| Whose | shoes | are | these | ? |
| ⠠⠘⠱ | ⠩⠕⠑⠎ | ⠜⠑ | ⠘⠮ | ⠦ |
| I | can't | spell | those | words | . |
| ⠠⠊ | ⠉⠄⠞ | ⠎⠏⠑⠇⠇ | ⠘⠹ | ⠘⠺⠎ | ⠲ |
| Once | upon | a | time | … |
| ⠠⠕⠝⠉⠑ | ⠘⠥ | ⠁ | ⠐⠞ | ⠲⠲⠲ |
More Examples:
Whose dog is on my porch?
⠠⠘⠱⠀⠙⠕⠛⠀⠊⠎⠀⠕⠝⠀⠍⠽⠀⠏⠕⠗⠡⠦
Those words are hard to say.
⠠⠘⠹⠀⠘⠺⠎⠀⠜⠑⠀⠓⠜⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠎⠁⠽⠲
Will someone set these books upon that table?
⠠⠺⠀⠐⠎⠐⠕⠀⠎⠑⠞⠀⠘⠮⠀⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠀⠘⠥⠀⠞⠀⠞⠁⠃⠇⠑⠦