Appendix:Grammatical gender

Bengenese distinguish morphologically three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. This genders are applied to nouns and articles. The gender of a word can be assumed by its ending, a very simple and easy-to-learn system.

Masculine endings
A noun is masculine if it meets one of the following criteria:
 * It ends with e or.
 * It ends with a syllable containing the letter e (like et or -het)
 * It ends with o (also ó).
 * It ends with a syllable containing the letter o (like ot or ron)
 * It ends with æ.
 * It ends with a syllable containing the letter æ (like -gæz)
 * It has a meaning associated with the male sex.

Feminine endings
A noun is feminine if it meets one of the following criteria:
 * It ends with a (also á).
 * It ends with a syllable containing the letter a (like al or -fal)
 * It ends with i (also í).
 * It ends with a syllable containing the letter i (like -ik or -ning)
 * It ends with y.
 * It ends with a syllable containing the letter y (like -lyf)
 * It has a meaning associated with the female sex.

Neuter endings
A noun is neuter if it meets one of the following criteria:
 * It ends with u (also ú).
 * It ends with a syllable containing the letter u (like ut or -ismu)
 * The noun refers to a person but their gender/sex is unknown.

Exceptions

 * Loanwords, where common gender rules doesn't apply as usual. For example, wiki is commonly used as a masculine noun.
 * Placenames are always neuter gender.

In articles
Articles (both definite and indefinite) always agree in gender with the noun they modify. Note that the definite article is now uncommon to used. Definite nouns are preferred to show definiteness.