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Which is more important? (KLBC)

I was writing a letter for a friend in Klingon, and I wrote: "I hope you are fine in the big city that is Madrid", I translated it as:
{*Madrid* 'oHbogh veng tInDaq bIpIv 'e' vItul}.

   Then I noted that {veng} was, at the same time, the locative of the relative clause and, also, the subject of the copulative. Thus, {veng} would take {-'e'} as subject, but as locative it's unnecessary and the meaning of the sentence doesn't emphasizes that noun.

   My question is: Which function is more important, a locative or a subject of a copulative? 
   Should it be as I wrote or should it be:
{*Madrid* 'oHbogh veng'e' tInDaq bIpIv 'e' vItul}?
   If this is the right option, can a noun sintagma formed by two nouns take two suffixes of the same type, one in every noun?

           ghaHbe'wI'  ////  Nicolau


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