Unit 12 More Initial-Letter Contractions: Dots 4-5-6 Indicator
These 6 contractions are made up of two consecutive braille cells. The first indicator cell is made up of dots 4, 5 and 6. The second cell uses the first letter or letters of the word it represents.
These contractions may generally be used wherever the letters they represent occur.
Exception: Only use ‘had’ as part of a word when the ‘a’ is pronounced as a short vowel. Example: Don’t use it in the word shade
| cannot | ⠸⠉ | (dots 4-5-6) c |
| had | ⠸⠓ | (dots 4-5-6) h |
| many | ⠸⠍ | (dots 4-5-6) m |
| spirit | ⠸⠎ | (dots 4-5-6) s |
| world | ⠸⠺ | (dots 4-5-6) w |
| their | ⠸⠮ | (dots 4-5-6) the |
Examples:
| I | cannot | eat | that | many | apples | ! |
| ⠠⠊ | ⠸⠉ | ⠑⠁⠞ | ⠞ | ⠸⠍ | ⠁⠏⠏⠇⠑⠎ | ⠖ |
| Their | child | is | full | of | spirit | . |
| ⠠⠸⠮ | ⠡ | ⠊⠎ | ⠋⠥⠇⠇ | ⠷ | ⠸⠎ | ⠲ |
| He | had | worldly | knowledge | . |
| ⠠⠓⠑ | ⠸⠓ | ⠸⠺⠇⠽ | ⠅ | ⠲ |
More Examples:
Is there truly a spirit world?
⠠⠊⠎⠀⠐⠮⠀⠞⠗⠥⠇⠽⠀⠁⠀⠸⠎⠀⠸⠺⠦
They had their package brought to their house.
⠠⠮⠽⠀⠸⠓⠀⠸⠮⠀⠏⠁⠉⠅⠁⠛⠑⠀⠃⠗⠐⠳⠀⠞⠕⠀⠸⠮⠀⠓⠳⠎⠑⠲
Many people cannot stand black licorice.
⠠⠸⠍⠀⠏⠀⠸⠉⠀⠌⠯⠀⠃⠇⠁⠉⠅⠀⠇⠊⠉⠕⠗⠊⠉⠑⠲