Need Volunteers and Opinions - Russian Language and Usage Site
I'm considering starting a new question and answer site (as a part of MasterRussian) where students, teachers, and native speakers can discuss the Russian language. You may be wondering how it will be different from this forum? Here's how.
It will not have discussions as forums do. It may have comments but there won't be any discussions. The purpose of the Q&A site will be to give a definitive answer to a well-formed question. For this reason, only one answer will be picked as the best answer. The best answer will be shown immediately below the question, and all other answers will be shown below.
For example, someone may ask:Q: Which grammatical case is used for [народ] in the sentence [В метрó бы́ло мнóго нарóду]?
A good answer to this question could start with something like:A: The genitive case is used for [народ]. When used in the meaning of "people, crowd" you can say either "много народа" or "много народу". Both endings are used in the genitive...
Questions can be asked in Russian as well.
Other good examples of questions about the Russian language (as opposed to Russian culture or politics):
Q1: What is the difference between "Мне нужно" and "Мне нужнa"?
Q2: Why is ого pronounced as ово?
Q3: What is palatalization and how to palatalize Russian consonants?
Q4: С какой буквы правильно писать слово "интернет": со строчной или прописной?
Q5: Why is the word молоко pronounced as [ma-la-ko] instead of [mo-lo-ko] as it is written?
The site will have a community like forums do. It will have leaders and moderators and you will be able to become a moderator too.
I think we have a strong community of people who are interested in learning and improving their Russian. Some foreign students can know the answer and contribute their replies. Plus, we have many Russians who would love to explain their language to foreigners.
The site will be about the Russian language only. It will not have questions about Russian culture. We want to focus on the Russian language, grammar and usage, and not be distracted by questions about culture, society, politics, etc. We can discuss other topics on this forum instead.
If you support this idea, I am looking for volunteers.
If you'd like to be a volunteer when we start the beta site, you should commit that you will use it. If you commit, you should ask good questions and give answers to questions that others asked during the beta testing.
As a volunteer, we only ask for you to create at least:
- 3 good questions about the Russian language, and
- answer 3 questions that others asked
So if you'd like to be involved in this new project, send me a PM or reply in this thread.
Please post what you think about this idea.
