Unit 9 Initial-Letter Contractions: Dot 5 Indicator
These contractions are made up of two consecutive braille cells. The first indicator cell is a dot 5 and the second cell uses the initial letter or letters of the word it represents.
These contractions may generally be used wherever the letters they represent occur. They can represent a whole word or part of a word.
| day | ⠐⠙ | (dot 5) d | right | ⠐⠗ | (dot 5) r | |
| ever | ⠐⠑ | (dot 5) e | some | ⠐⠎ | (dot 5) s | |
| father | ⠐⠋ | (dot 5) f | time | ⠐⠞ | (dot 5) t | |
| here | ⠐⠓ | (dot 5) h | under | ⠐⠥ | (dot 5) u | |
| know | ⠐⠅ | (dot 5) k | work | ⠐⠺ | (dot 5) w | |
| lord | ⠐⠇ | (dot 5) l | young | ⠐⠽ | (dot 5) y | |
| mother | ⠐⠍ | (dot 5) m | there | ⠐⠮ | (dot 5)(the) | |
| name | ⠐⠝ | (dot 5) n | character | ⠐⠡ | (dot 5)(ch) | |
| one | ⠐⠕ | (dot 5) o | through | ⠐⠹ | (dot 5)(th) | |
| part | ⠐⠏ | (dot 5) p | where | ⠐⠱ | (dot 5)(wh) | |
| question | ⠐⠟ | (dot 5) q | ought | ⠐⠳ | (dot 5)(ou) |
Whole word examples:
| Where | did | Mother | and | Father | go | all | day | ? |
| ⠠⠐⠱ | ⠙⠊⠙ | ⠠⠐⠍ | ⠯ | ⠠⠐⠋ | ⠛ | ⠁⠇⠇ | ⠐⠙ | ⠦ |
Whole and part word examples:
| Sometimes | there | are | questions | I | do | not | know | . |
| ⠠⠐⠎⠐⠞⠎ | ⠐⠮ | ⠜⠑ | ⠐⠟⠎ | ⠠⠊ | ⠙ | ⠝ | ⠐⠅ | ⠲ |
| Here | is | the | one | I | brought | . |
| ⠠⠐⠓ | ⠊⠎ | ⠮ | ⠐⠕ | ⠠⠊ | ⠀⠃⠗⠐⠳ | ⠲ |
More Examples:
Let's have a work party.
⠠⠇⠑⠞⠄⠎⠀⠓⠀⠁⠀⠐⠺⠀⠐⠏⠽⠲
I couldn't understand the young child's question.
⠠⠊⠀⠉⠙⠝⠄⠞⠀⠐⠥⠌⠯⠀⠮⠀⠐⠽⠀⠡⠄⠎⠀⠐⠟⠲
There is never time to play.
⠠⠐⠮⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠐⠑⠀⠐⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠏⠇⠁⠽⠲
I slept throughout the night.
⠠⠊⠀⠎⠇⠑⠏⠞⠀⠐⠹⠳⠞⠀⠮⠀⠝⠊⠣⠞⠲
Father bought new underwear.
⠠⠐⠋⠀⠃⠐⠳⠀⠝⠑⠺⠀⠐⠥⠺⠑⠜⠲