“March” in braille

⠠⠍⠁⠗⠉⠓5 lettersUncontracted

March starts with a capital, so in braille the capital sign (dot 6) goes before the M, then the letters M-A-R-C-H one cell each: ⠠⠍⠁⠗⠉⠓.

Now read one yourself

⠠⠁⠥⠛⠥⠎⠞

Which word is this? January, February, August.

Cell by cell

  1. Capitaldot 6
  2. 1. Mdots 1-3-4
  3. 2. Adot 1
  4. 3. Rdots 1-2-3-5
  5. 4. Cdots 1-4
  6. 5. Hdots 1-2-5

Capitals

Braille letters are lower case unless marked. Days and months take the capital sign, dot 6, before their first letter (⠠⠍⠁⠗⠉⠓). In all capitals, MARCH, 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.

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