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“yes” in braille

⠽⠑⠎3 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, yes in braille is y-e-s, one cell for each letter: ⠽⠑⠎.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Ydots 1-3-4-5-6
  2. 2. Edots 1-5
  3. 3. Sdots 2-3-4

Capitals

Braille letters are lower case unless marked. To start with a capital, as at the start of a sentence, put the capital sign, dot 6, before the first letter: ⠠⠽⠑⠎. For the whole word in capitals, YES, use two capital signs: ⠠⠠⠽⠑⠎.

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

Yes is in Short words. 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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