Grade Two Braille Contractions

Grade Two

Contractions

Grade Two English Braille (America Edition) has 250 symbols for: letters, punctuation marks, composition signs, numerals, contractions, single-cell words, and short-form words.

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a -
(#1) -
about - ab
above - abv
according - ac
across - acr
afternoon - afn
after - af
afterward - afw
again - ag
against - ag(st)
ally - (dot 6)y
almost - alm
already - alr
also - al
although al(th)
altogether - alt
always - alw
ance - (dot 4 6) e
and - (dot 1 2 3 4 6)
ar - (dot 3 4 5)
as - z
ation - (dot 6) n

b -
(#2) -
but
bb - (dot 2 3)
be - (dot 2 3)
because - (be)c
before - (be)f
behind - (be)h
below - (be)l
beneath - (be)n
beside (be)s
between - (be)t
beyond - (be)y
ble - (dot 3 4 5 6)
blind - bl
braille - brl
by - (dot 3 5 6)

c -
(#3) -
can
cannot - (dot 4 5 6)c
cc - (dot 2 5)
con - (dot 2 5)
ch - (dot 1 6)
child - (dot 1 6)
character - (dot 5)(ch)
children - (ch)n
com - (dot 3 6)
conceive - (con)cv
conceiving - (con)cvg
could - cd

d -
(#4) -
do - (dot 1 4 5)
day - (dot 5) d
dd - (dot 2 5 6)
dis - (dot 2 5 6)
deceive - dcv
declare - dcl
declaring - dclg

e -
(#5) -
every - (dot 1 5)
ea - (dot 2)
ed - (dot 1 2 4 6)
either - ei
en - (dot 2 6)
enough - (dot 2 6)
ence - (dot 5 6) e
er (dot 1 2 4 5 6)
ever - (dot 5) e

f -
(#6) -
from - (dot 1 2 4)
father - (dot 5) f
ff - (dot 2 3 5)
first - f(st)
for - (dot 1 2 3 4 5 6)
friend - fr
ful - (dot 5 6) L

g -
(#7) -
go - (dot 1 2 4 5)
gg - (dot 2 3 5 6)
gh - (dot 1 2 6)
good - gd
great - grt

h -
(#8) -
have - (dot 1 2 5)
had - (dot 4 5 6) h
here - (dot 5) h
herself - h(er)f
him - hm
himself - hmf his 2 3 6

i -
(#9) -
immediate - imm
in - (dot 3 5)
ing - (dot 3 4 6)
into - (in)(to)
it - x
its - xs
itself - xf
ity - (dot 5 6) y

j -
(#0) -
just - (dot 2 4 5)

K -
knowledge - (dot 1 3)
know - (dot 5) k

L -
like - (dot 1 2 3)
less - (dot 4 6) s
letter - Lr
little - LL
lord - (dot 5) L

m -
more - (dot 1 2 4)
many - (dot 4 5 6) m
ment - (dot 5 6) t
mother - (dot 5) m
much - m(ch)
must - m(st)
myself - myf

n -
not - (dot 1 3 4 5)
name - (dot 5) n
necessary - nec
neither - nei
ness - (dot 5 6) s

o -
o'clock - o'c
of - (dot 1 2 3 5 6)
one - (dot 5) o
oneself - (one)f
ong - (dot 5 6) g
ou - (dot 1 2 5 6)
out - (dot 1 2 5 6)
ought - (dot 5)(ou)
ound - (dot 4 6) d
ourselves - (ou)rvs
ount - (dot 4 6) t
ow - (dot 2 4 6)

p
people - (dot 1 2 3 4)
paid - pd
part - (dot 5) p
perceive - p(er)cv
perceiving - p(er)cvg
perhaps - p(er)h

q -
quiet - (dot 1 2 3 4 5)
question - (dot 5) q
quick - qk

r -
rather - (dot 1 2 3 5)
receive - rcv
receiving - rcvg
rejoice - rjc
rejoicing - rjcg
right - (dot 5) r

s -
so - (dot 2 3 4)
said - sd
sh - (dot 1 4 6)
shall - (dot 1 4 6)
should - (sh)d
sion - (dot 4 6, n
some - (dot 5) s
spirit - (dot 4 5 6) s
st - (dot 3 4)
still - (dot 3 4)
such - s(ch)

t -
that - (dot 2 3 4 5)
th - (dot 1 4 5 6)
this - (dot 1 4 5 6)
the - (dot 2 3 4 6)
their - (dot 4 5 6)(the)
themselves - (the)mvs
there - (dot 5)(the)
these - (dot 4 5)(the)
those - (dot 4 5)(th)
through - (dot 5)(th)
thyself - thyf
time - (dot 5) t
tion - (dot 5 6) n
to - (dot 2 3 5)
today - td
together - tgr
tomorrow - tm
tonight - tn

u -
us - (dot 1 3 6)
under - (dot 5) u
upon - (dot 4 5) u

v -
very - (dot 1 2 3 6)

w -
will - (dot 2 4 5 6)
was - (dot 3 5 6)
were - (dot 2 3 5 6)
wh - (dot 1 5 6)
which - (dot 1 5 6)
where - (dot 5)(wh)
whose - (dot 4 5)(wh)
with - (dot 2 3 4 5 6)
word - (dot 4 5) w
work - (dot 5) w
world - (dot 4 5 6) w
would - wd

x -
it - (dot 1 3 4 6)

y -
you - (dot 1 3 4 5 6)
young - (dot 5) y
your - yr
yourself - yrf
yourselves - yrvs

z -
as - (dot 1 3 5 6)

Grade Two Braille Sample Sentences

My name is Charile Brown. Can you come over today or tomorrow? Daddy dislikes my new friend. -(grade two Braille)
Little Andy was born in 1983. Some children are very fast readers. - (grade two Braille)

This is the day which the lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. - Psalm 118:24 - (grade two Braille)