How Romanalia lessons are researched
Romanalia is a learner-focused reference to contemporary Standard Romanian. Each lesson has an editorial learning-stage label, is checked against named linguistic sources, and is reviewed for clear examples, relevant variants, and unambiguous practice questions.
What is Romanalia’s editorial approach?
Romanalia teaches the neutral current form first. Regional, familiar, rare, historical, or context-specific forms are included only when they help a learner make a real choice, and they are labelled rather than presented as interchangeable defaults. Claims stay within the evidence available for each lesson.
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.
Which sources does Romanalia use?
Every lesson has its own working source note. The exact mix depends on the topic, but the library regularly checks these primary and specialist references:
- DOOM3 — the official Romanian orthographic, orthoepic, and morphological dictionaryUsed for current normative spelling, pronunciation, morphology, and 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 level 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.
- Test links, forms, diacritics, tables, and related-rule references with automated validation.
- Review all five exercise questions for one defensible answer and an explanation that names the deciding rule.
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.