How to type Romanian characters - and pronounce them

Problem
How do you type Romanian characters with accents? The accents are there to help you to how to pronounce the word.

Here's one way. Type them out from a Romanian website and copy them.

I copied these from a website called
romanian.typeit.org

You had to press command (on an Apple Macbook keyboard) and the letter and tap once for one letter with accent and twice for the second.

Here are the seven accents.
ă

â

î

ş

ș

ţ

ț

I have enlarged the text so you can see the letters and accents above or below more clearly.

ăThe first a with the accent on the a looks like a bowl or the lower half of the letter o.  The a is pronounced like oh.

âThe second a with the hat on the a sounds more like er, said quickly, as if you were about to clear your throat. 

î Same as the a with the hat. 

ş

ș S with a tail is pronounced SH as in shell.

ţ

ț T with a tail is pronounced TS as in cats.

Tips
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