Braille a Day

“December” in braille

⠠⠙⠑⠉⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗8 lettersUncontracted

December starts with a capital, so in braille the capital sign (dot 6) goes before the D, then the letters D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R one cell each: ⠠⠙⠑⠉⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗.

Now read one yourself

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Which word is this? July, May, June.

Cell by cell

  1. Capitaldot 6
  2. 1. Ddots 1-4-5
  3. 2. Edots 1-5
  4. 3. Cdots 1-4
  5. 4. Edots 1-5
  6. 5. Mdots 1-3-4
  7. 6. Bdots 1-2
  8. 7. Edots 1-5
  9. 8. Rdots 1-2-3-5

Capitals

Braille letters are lower case unless marked. Days and months take the capital sign, dot 6, before their first letter (⠠⠙⠑⠉⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗). In all capitals, DECEMBER, two capital signs mark the whole word: ⠠⠠⠙⠑⠉⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗. More on capital letters in braille.

Grade 1 and Grade 2

This is uncontracted (Grade 1) braille, every letter written out, which is where learners start. Books, signs and labels mostly use Grade 2, where common letter groups and words take a single cell, so some words come out shorter there. See the Grade 2 contractions.

Remember it, don't just look it up

Days and months are spelled letter by letter, so the alphabet is what to learn. Braille a Day brings it back tomorrow to answer from memory, then again just before you'd forget. Five minutes a day.

Practise reading Letters A–JPractise writing

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