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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/13/2019 8:53 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">But I *still* can't understand, which rule
prohibits us writing:</div>
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<div dir="auto">romuluSnganpu''e' chaH jaghpu''e'</div>
<div dir="auto">As for the enemies, they are the *romulans*</div>
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<div dir="auto">i.e. placing an emphatic {-'e'} on the first noun
of a be sentence.</div>
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<p>There's no known rule against it. However, the first <b>-'e'</b>
would have to be interpreted as focus instead of topic, so the
meaning would be <i>As for the enemies, they are ROMULANS (not
somebody else).</i> In other words, the topic <b>jaghpu''e'</b>
tells you what the sentence is all about, while the focus <b>romuluSnganpu''e'</b>
specifies Romulans instead of someone else.</p>
<p>However, if Klingon had a rule which hadn't been mentioned yet,
this would be my vote. I think it's very possible that Klingons
just don't use <b>-'e'</b> on both sides of the pronoun.<br>
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