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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/11/2020 8:32 AM, Luis Chaparro
Caballero wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I asked this question a couple of days ago, sorry for asking again. I understood that explicit pronouns are used in order to clarify a sentence when it is ambiguous or difficult to understand. If we want to add some emphasis, we can use the pronoun with the suffix *-'e'*. But in the Duolingo course notes about pronouns and also at the Klingon Wiki (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://klingon.wiki/En/Pronoun" moz-do-not-send="true">http://klingon.wiki/En/Pronoun</a>) we can read that pronouns can actually be used in order to add some emphasis when the sentence is not ambiguous and therefore pronouns are not required. Now I'm a bit confused.</pre>
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<p>"Emphasis" means a couple of different things. It can mean making
your voice louder or clearer so someone can better hear it. It can
mean speaking more slowly so nothing is missed. It can mean making
it clear that the word you're saying means what you want it to
mean and not something else. There are a couple of different ways
in which Klingon allows emphasis.</p>
<p>If you include a pronoun where you're not required to use that
pronoun, the emphasis you're employing is making your sentence
clearer. Someone might have missed your verb prefix, or the
subject or object of your sentence might be ambiguous, so stating
the pronoun outright clarifies things. You can also add verbal
stress to a pronoun; you can't add verbal stress to a pronoun you
don't say.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p><b>HIq vItlhutlh jIH</b><br>
<i>I drink the liquor.</i><br>
In case anyone isn't sure who does the drinking, I make it clear
that it's me.</p>
<p><b>Dujvetlh ra' HoDvetlh. ghaH vIghoS.<br>
</b><i>That captain commands that ship. I go to him/her.<br>
</i>Without the <b>ghaH,</b> it would be unclear whether I go to
the ship or the captain.<br>
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<p>If you use <b>-'e'</b> on a subject or object, the emphasis is
that you're making the point that the word you used is exclusively
correct. It's the thing you said, not something else.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p><b>veQDuj'e' ra' HoD<br>
</b><i>The captain commands the GARBAGE SCOW</i><i> (not some
other ship)</i>.</p>
<p><b>munuQ puq'e'<br>
</b><i>The CHILD (not someone else) annoys me.</i><br>
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