Unit 3 Strong Contractions (and, for, of, the, with)
Strong Contractions
(and, for, of, the, with)
The following five groups of letters are represented by a specific braille pattern, or symbol.
They can be used as a stand-alone, representing a whole word (called a wordsign).
They can also be part of a word, representing the group of letters the symbol stands for (called a groupsign).
| and | for | of | the | with |
| ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ |
Examples:
They can be used as a whole word.
| the | dogs | go | for | rides | with | people |
| ⠮ | ⠙⠕⠛⠎ | ⠛ | ⠿ | ⠗⠊⠙⠑⠎ | ⠾ | ⠏ |
| and | have | lots | of | fun | ||
| ⠯ | ⠓ | ⠇⠕⠞⠎ | ⠷ | ⠋⠥⠝ |
They can also be used as part of a word.
| randy | foregoes | therapy | and | withdraws | |
| ⠗⠯⠽ | ⠿⠑⠛⠕⠑⠎ | ⠮⠗⠁⠏⠽ | ⠯ | ⠾⠙⠗⠁⠺⠎ | |
| to | the | sofa | |||
| ⠞⠕ | ⠮ | ⠎⠷⠁ | |||
Other Part Word Examples:
| hand | form | off | then | withdrew |
| ⠓⠯ | ⠿⠍ | ⠷⠋ | ⠮⠝ | ⠾⠙⠗⠑⠺ |
| grandma | effort | proof | other | withhold |
| ⠛⠗⠯⠍⠁ | ⠑⠋⠿⠞ | ⠏⠗⠕⠷ | ⠕⠮⠗ | ⠾⠓⠕⠇⠙ |
| demand | afford | soft | theme | withal |
| ⠙⠑⠍⠯ | ⠁⠋⠿⠙ | ⠎⠷⠞ | ⠮⠍⠑ | ⠾⠁⠇ |