How Romanalia lessons are researched and reviewed
Every Romanalia lesson carries an editorial learning-stage label, and the editor checks it against named linguistic sources. The review before publication covers the examples, labels the marked variants, and confirms that each practice question has one defensible answer. The library covers contemporary Standard Romanian for learners.
What is Romanalia’s editorial approach?
Romanalia teaches the neutral current form first. A lesson adds a regional, familiar, rare, historical, or context-specific form only when a learner has to choose between forms. The lesson labels that form rather than listing it as an interchangeable default. Claims stay within the evidence available for each lesson.
Which sources does Romanalia use?
Every lesson has its own working source note. The sources depend on the topic. Romanalia checks these primary and specialist references regularly:
- DOOM3 — the official Romanian dictionary of spelling, pronunciation, and word formsUsed to confirm the current normative form of a word and its usage labels.
- ÎOOP6 — the official guide to spelling, pronunciation, morphology, and punctuationUsed for general rules and current normative guidance, including punctuation.
- Dana Cojocaru’s Romanian Reference Grammar at Duke UniversityUsed as a descriptive grammar cross-check for forms, syntax, and learner-facing explanations.
How is a lesson reviewed before publication?
- Set a narrow learning goal and an editorial learning-stage label so the page answers one coherent learner question.
- Check the central rule and examples against the sources selected for that topic.
- Separate neutral Standard Romanian from regional, familiar, rare, historical, or stylistically marked forms.
- Run automated checks on links, Romanian forms, diacritics, tables, and related-rule references.
- Check that each of the five exercise questions has one defensible answer and an explanation that names the deciding rule.
Who is responsible for the editorial standards?
Kirill Svavolia is Romanalia’s founder and editor. He defines the editorial process and is responsible for the final form of published lessons.
What are the limits of the lessons?
Romanalia is a learning reference, not a replacement for the full normative dictionaries or comprehensive academic grammars. When a word has lexical exceptions, competing accepted forms, or a register-specific use, the lesson points learners toward a current dictionary or a more focused follow-up topic.