This rings a bell, of something we'd discuss (quite) some time ago.

But I *still* can't understand, which rule prohibits us writing:

romuluSnganpu''e' chaH jaghpu''e'
As for the enemies, they are the *romulans*

i.e. placing an emphatic {-'e'} on the first noun of a be sentence.

~ mayqel qunen'oS
reH tlhInganpu' taHjaj