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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/13/2020 10:32 AM, Luis Chaparro
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">If you want to stress the jIH, kind of like raising your hand to be noticed, you might say puH Duj vIghaj jIH and say the jIH extra loudly. ("Ooh! Ooh! <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>I<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> have a car!" You're not excluding someone else from having a car. And you'd have to say the jIH loudly. Just saying jIH without stressing it isn't enough.)
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Because if I don't stress the <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>jIH<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> or say it extra loudly, the sentence <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>puH Duj vIghaj jIH<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> would only be an extra clear version of <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>puH Duj vIghaj<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> (if I want to be extra sure people understand me), but it wouldn't make the effect of attracting attention, right?</pre>
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<p>It attracts attention because you're being extra clear. What it
doesn't do is add focus to the pronoun. It doesn't say "I and
nobody else" the way <b>jIH'e'</b> does. If you happen to include
an explicit pronoun where you didn't have to, nobody is going to
stop you and ask, "Why did you emphasize the pronoun like that?"
You just said a pronoun. No big deal.</p>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">The answer to puH Duj ghaj 'Iv could be puH Duj vIghaj, puH Duj vIghaj jIH, or puH Duj vIghaj jIH'e', depending on what you want to emphasize.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Is it also acceptable if I answer without explicit object?
<b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>vIghaj<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
<b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>vIghaj jIH<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
*vIghaj jIH'e'*
And what about answering only with a pronoun? Is it allowed in Klingon?
<b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>jIH<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
*jIH'e'*</pre>
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<p>Sure. I wasn't trying to list all possible responses, just
illustrate the difference between an elided pronoun, an explicit
pronoun, and a pronoun with <b>-'e'.</b><br>
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