Macrons For Te Reo In Maricopa
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2. To add a macron to a vowel, on your keyboard, press the top left tilde key (it has these symbols ~ and `) followed by the vowel. 3. To add a macron to an uppercase vowel, press ~, then hold down the shift key and select your vowel.
A Hawaiian Keyboard for Chrome OS. After installation and activation, simply hold down the Right Alt key, and while holding it type a lower-case vowel you wish the kahakō (macron) to appear over. To type upper-case vowel with the kahakō, press and hold both the Right Alt key and the Shift key, and type the vowel.
Go to the Keyboard settings in System preferences. Select Input Sources then the plus button to add a new keyboard. Search for the Māori keyboard by scrolling down or using the search box, select it then select Add. Make sure you have the Show Input menu in menu bar ticked.
The Māori keyboard acts exactly the same, with one difference. You can press the ` key before you type a vowel to add a macron to it. The ` key is next to the 1 key at the top left of most keyboards. It's also the tilde (~) key, which might help you remember because it looks a bit like a macron.
Switch between keyboard languages At the bottom right, select the time. Select Settings . Under “Device,” select Keyboard. Under “Inputs and keyboards,” turn on Show input options in the shelf. Select your keyboard language code. In the "Input methods" box, select the language you want to switch to.
Manage your Chromebook's languages At the bottom right, select the time. Select Settings. Advanced. In the "Languages and inputs" section, select Languages. To change your Chromebook's language, next to "Device language," select Change. Type or choose your preferred language. Select Confirm and restart.
The advice of Te Taura Whiri is to use macrons for all words except where the double vowels form part of a personal, family, hapū or iwi name and the 'owner' has a preference for that spelling. “Some older Māori are much more sparing in their use of macrons or do not use them at all.
We can: get Māori words right, ensuring we spell them correctly. use macrons or double vowels to lengthen vowels. use apostrophes with care when writing Māori words. avoid adding an 's' to Māori words to show plurals. consider whether a transliteration is the most culturally appropriate choice. respect dialectal differences.
Turn On the Extension The last step before you can type macrons is to turn the extension on. Just click the icon again, and select the input you would like to use. Once you have done that, you can type macrons by pressing the 'Tilde' key, and then the letter to which you are adding a macron.
Pressing the right Alt key (often marked AltGr ) before a vowel places a macron above it. Hold down the right Alt ( AltGr ) key. While still holding down on the right Alt key, press the a key on your keyboard. Release all keys. Now the next vowel you type in will have a macron placed above it.
