<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">While I don’t disagree with anything in this discussion, for myself, if I wanted to emphasize the Romulans, I’d just say {jaghpu’ chaH RomuluSnganpu’’e’}.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Why is, “As for the enemies, they are the ROMULANS,” preferable to “The Romulans are our enemies.” It’s more straightforward. Saying it the other way is kinda fancy-assed for Klingon. Language and culture are related.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 13, 2019, at 8:53 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" class="">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">This rings a bell, of something we'd discuss (quite) some time ago.<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">But I *still* can't understand, which rule prohibits us writing:</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">romuluSnganpu''e' chaH jaghpu''e'</div><div dir="auto" class="">As for the enemies, they are the *romulans*</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">i.e. placing an emphatic {-'e'} on the first noun of a be sentence.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">~ mayqel qunen'oS</div><div dir="auto" class="">reH tlhInganpu' taHjaj</div></div>
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