What does that mean?

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Pxia Säsngap

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I've learnt with the Nutshell Guide about word order and sentences. There are four rules for word order and I can understand any rule but the fourth.
"4. The part of the sentence you want to carry the most meaning/emphasis goes at the
beginning, with the end representing a little more emphasis than the rest of the sentence."
Where is the most emphasis then? in the beginning it says that the most emphasis is on the first part of a sentence, but then it says that the end of a sentence has a little more emphasis than the rest of the sentence. What is right then?
1 the most emphasis is on the first part of a sentence and the "with the end" is just a careless mistake.
2. It's both true: the most emphasis is on the first part of a sentence, then the end of a sentence and then there's almost no emphasis on the middle part
3. ...

How do I have to understand this sentence?
Thank you in advance
Eywa ayngahu
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omängum fra'uti

The first words TENDS to be the primary focus, and the last word TENDS to carry some extra "punch".

The latter rule comes from...

Ngeyä kxetse lu oeru

In this case, "Your tail" is still the focus of the sentence, but the oeru at the end gives a little extra meat to it, like "Your tail is MINE".
Ftxey lu nga tokx ftxey lu nga tirea? Lu oe tìkeftxo.
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Pxia Säsngap

Oe irayo seiyi fìtxan ngaru ma Omängum Fra'uti.  :D
That makes sense. =) I guess now I understand it. =)

(Have even asked my sister if this is some kind of expression or idiom I just don't know or something. hrh  ;D )
Eywa ayngahu
Ma oeyä eylan aynga oeru yawne lu <3 ;D :D ;D