Responses to commands and status reports are also prone to clipping.

Proper Klingon:

So'wI' vIchu'ta' I have engaged the cloaking device.

Proper Klingon:

So'wI' chu'lu'ta' The cloaking device has been engaged.

Clipped Klingon:

So'wI' chu'ta' Cloaking device engaged. (So'wI' cloaking device, vIchu'ta' I have engaged it, chu'lu'ta' it has been engaged)

In the preceding example, the clipped form can correspond to either a dropping of the prefix vI- I/it or the suffix -lu' indefinite subject.

Proper Klingon:

jIyajchu' I understand clearly.

Clipped Klingon:

yajchu' Understood clearly. (yaj understand, -chu' clearly, perfectly)

In this final example, the clipped form, lacking the pronominal prefix jI- I, is a likely response to a question in clipped form, such as yaj'a' Understood? (compare Proper Klingon bIyaj'a' Do you understand?).