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I don't think it's been specified, but I don't think that the use of explicit pronouns is emphatic from a grammatical standpoint. However, using explicit pronouns may convey a sense of importance to listener/reader when they don't add any information to the
sentence, as in «vIta' jIH.»; after all, the word doesn't serve any clarifying function, so that really only leaves being in there either for emphasis or for purely aesthetic reasons.<br>
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You can make this emphasis more explicit by using -'e', or stressing the word «jIH».<br>
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On the other hand, in «vIghro'mey legh chaH.», the word «chaH» helps to disambiguate the sentence, so you'd need something else (-'e', tone of voice, form of speech, etc.) to make it emphatic.<br>
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//loghaD<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 16, 2018 4:39:27 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Is the emphatic {chaH} Ca'NoN ?</font>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">TKD says "<span id="gmail-TKDText">Pronouns may be used as nouns, but only for emphasis or added clarity. They are not required." So it seems an explicit pronoun can be used for emphasis,
with or without {-'e'}. Perhaps there are levels of emphasis that haven't been elaborated on.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:28 AM mayqel qunenoS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Lets say I write: {vIghro'mey legh} for "they see the cats".
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<div dir="auto">maj..<br>
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<div dir="auto">Alternatively, I can write {vIghro'mey legh chaH}, for the same meaning.</div>
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<div dir="auto">maj again..</div>
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<div dir="auto">Often I read, that by writing the {chaH} too, I'm placing emphasis on who it is who sees the cats; i.e. I'm actually saying:</div>
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<div dir="auto">"THEY see the cats".</div>
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<div dir="auto">Which is something I can't understand, since I always thought, that if I want to emphasize the {chaH} I would use the emphatic {-'e'}, as such:</div>
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<div dir="auto">{vIghro'mey legh chaH'e'}</div>
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<div dir="auto">So, I would like to ask..</div>
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<div dir="auto">Why if I write {vIghro'mey legh chaH}, without adding the {-'e'} on {chaH}, I'm actually emphasizing it ? (the {chaH} I mean).</div>
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<div dir="auto">Can't I just be writing the {chaH}, in order to specify that it is "they" who see the cats instead of "him/her/it" ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Is this "emphatic" interpretation of {chaH} Ca'NoN or something ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">~ mayqel qunen'oS</div>
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