Appendix:Grammatical gender

Benweenese 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)

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)

Neutral endings
A noun is neutral 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)

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.