Appendix:Bengenese contractions

Bengenese makes frequent use of contractions, mostly with verb, articles, pronouns and words beginning or ending in vowels.

As in English, not all contractions are necessary, but most are quite common. This tendency is also present in Romanian, language in which contractions are also highly used. In Bengenese at least, contractions are restricted to informal speech.

With accusative pronouns
The object of a verb, if it is a pronoun, can be attached to the end of the verb. These forms are also registered in most verb entries. These are also called enclitics. The verbs below are examples, contractions can occur with any transitive verb, as well as conjugated in any tense.

With personal pronouns
This contractions feature a preposition and a pronoun. Note that not all prepositions are commonly used in a contraction, only the most common ones.

With indefinite articles
These contractions feature a preposition and an indefinite article.

With determiners
These contractions feature a preposition and a determiner (demonstrative adjective).

Others
All Bengenese contractions are categorised under Category:Contractions.