Why do you need accents? What is their purpose? To distinguish one sound from another, and two words whose spelling is the same although they are pronounced differently.
1 You want to add a foreign accent to a word in a text on a phone. Strictly speaking the way you speak is your accent, the little dot or line or hat above a vowel or the squiggle over the letter n in Spanish, written by hand or typed, is known as a diacritic. That is the word to type in your search in Wikipedia or on the internet.
2 You are answering questions on a language course, such as Duolingo, where you are marked wrong when you have not inserted the accent.
Answers
1 On both a laptop and a mobile phone you make the selection of accents appear by holding down the key for longer.
On a computer keyboard or laptop you may need to select the key for the accent by pressing simultaneously or selecting the number above the accent chosen.
According to Wikipedia, certain words such as resume can be typed without the accent.
Tips
1 Search on the internet for adding accents.
2 Search on the internet for adding accents - adding the brand of your phone. For example, Apple, Apple 4s, Apple 5s, Apple 6s; LG, Oppo, Samsung, Sony Xperia.
3 On a mobile phone the instruction is to slide your finger. Sliding can be difficult on a small screen.
If you take your finger off the key for a vowel and try to click on the pop up of vowels with accents, the pop up disappears before you reach it. Removing your finger signals to the screen that you have finished. Keep your fingertip in contact with the screen.
Tips
1 Search on the internet for adding accents.
2 Search on the internet for adding accents - adding the brand of your phone. For example, Apple, Apple 4s, Apple 5s, Apple 6s; LG, Oppo, Samsung, Sony Xperia.
3 On a mobile phone the instruction is to slide your finger. Sliding can be difficult on a small screen.
If you take your finger off the key for a vowel and try to click on the pop up of vowels with accents, the pop up disappears before you reach it. Removing your finger signals to the screen that you have finished. Keep your fingertip in contact with the screen.
Useful Website
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and English teacher. See my books and profiles on Amazon, Lulu.com, Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and English teacher. See my books and profiles on Amazon, Lulu.com, Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube.
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