Braille a Day

“Tuesday” in braille

⠠⠞⠥⠑⠎⠙⠁⠽7 lettersUncontracted

Tuesday starts with a capital, so in braille the capital sign (dot 6) goes before the T, then the letters T-U-E-S-D-A-Y one cell each: ⠠⠞⠥⠑⠎⠙⠁⠽.

Now read one yourself

⠠⠞⠓⠥⠗⠎⠙⠁⠽

Which word is this? Monday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Cell by cell

  1. Capitaldot 6
  2. 1. Tdots 2-3-4-5
  3. 2. Udots 1-3-6
  4. 3. Edots 1-5
  5. 4. Sdots 2-3-4
  6. 5. Ddots 1-4-5
  7. 6. Adot 1
  8. 7. Ydots 1-3-4-5-6

Capitals

Braille letters are lower case unless marked. Days and months take the capital sign, dot 6, before their first letter (⠠⠞⠥⠑⠎⠙⠁⠽). In all capitals, TUESDAY, 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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