Re: [tlhIngan Hol] x nuq vs nuq x & 'Iv x vs x 'Iv

De'vID:

What's the difference between "What is this?" and "This is what?" What's the difference between "Who are you?" and "You are who?"

bara'qa': Indeed.. I don't see no difference between them two options. English uses a copular verb and allows the equated parts to be mostly reversible. Klingon uses pronouns as both subject and verb. In a question like, {nuq mI'lIj} there is no word acting as verb. It's more equivelent to a terse, "What number?" - not a grammatical question, but understood well enough. We can argue all day over whether it is clipped, coloquialism, or intentional ungrammaticality, but in any case, it's not formal grammatical ta' Hol.