Thanks to charghwI' for pointing at this. Now at last I know why I remembered this phrase, even though it's not canon. To all those who do not have HolQeD: The article is found in the book "From the Grammarian's Desk", which is a collection of the HQ articles by HoD Qanqor. Am 13.04.2023 um 15:14 schrieb De'vID via tlhIngan-Hol:
Was this Okrand's example?
I think it's not. All of the article seems to be from HoD Qanqor. He usually marks canon quotes clearly.
I believe he was asked about this (or a similar) sentence and said that {chay'} is only a question word, and doesn't act like a relative pronoun (meaning something like "the way in which...").
I remember something like that too. In my understanding, it's not used like "I know how it happened." (Same also for qatlh) -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/En/HolQeD