[tlhIngan Hol] How "pure" is Ca'NoN ?

[Steven Boozer]

Re-read the Introduction to TKD instead of obsessing about the rules presented in the body of the text.  Okrand touches on many of these issues there.  For example:

   It should be remembered that even though the rules say "always" and "never," 
   when Klingon is actually spoken these rules are sometimes broken. What the 
   rules represent, in other words, is what Klingon grammarians agree on as the
   "best" Klingon.

and:

   The grammatical sketch is intended to be an outline of Klingon grammar, not a 
   complete description. Nevertheless, it should allow the reader to put Klingon
   words together in an acceptable manner... It is not possible, in a brief guide such
   as this, to describe the grammar of Klingon completely. What follows is only a 
   sketch or outline of Klingon grammar. Although a good many of the fine points 
   are not covered, the sketch will allow the student of Klingon to figure out what
   a Klingon is saying and to respond in an intelligible, though somewhat brutish, 
   manner. Most Klingons will never know the difference.

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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From: Lieven L. Litaer

Am 02.04.2019 um 16:36 schrieb De'vID:
> record-keeping and historical purposes, but please don't worship pairs 
> of Klingon-English sentences like they're holy.

It happens very often that a situation occurs which he did not think about. So if speakers find a solution that "somehow" makes sense and is understandable, then they should use it, instead of saying it's not possible to do so, or we don't know how to. Even breaking rules might be acceptable - think of english "ain't not" and so on.

The language is alive, and lives from being used. Don't take TKD too strictly as 100% set in stone. It's only a rough introduction, not a final law.