The right way to speak is to just speak!

ᎤᏛᏅᏃ Ꮭ Ꮩ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏓ ᏱᎩ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏯᏂᏬᏂ ᎾᏍᎩᏊ ᏧᎾᏔᎾᏯ ᏯᏃᎵᎦ ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏟᏃᎮᏓ ᏱᎦ.
“ᏗᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᏚᏙᏢᏒ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏚᏓᎴᎾᎢ, ᎢᎦᏓ ᏄᏓᎴ ᎾᏅᏁᎰ ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᎡᎵᏊ ᏄᏓᎴ ᎢᎬᏩᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎥᎧᏁᎬᎢ. ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎬᏩᎾᏝᏃᎮᏗ ᏱᎦ ᎠᎴ ᏱᏓᎾᏓᏙᎵᏤᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏏ ᎨᎵᏍᎪ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ. [ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏗᏁᎶᏗᏍᎩ ᎠᎦᏔᎯ Phyllis Edwards ]
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Even if English is your first or primary language, do you speak it perfectly every time?
No! when we converse, we sometimes stammer, stutter, or even mix up words.
We may say things backwards or use the wrong figure of speech; our verb and subject tenses may not match and sometimes our sentences are missing important parts of speech or run on and on (like this one!)


but


we don't stop talking just because we make mistakes.


We should talk- using Cherokee-- even though we are not speaking it perfectly.


Talk.  Use Cherokee.  Don't worry if you get it wrong or forget something.


And you speakers -- thank you for letting us make mistakes without making us feel small.
Thank you speakers for not making fun of us or belittling our attempts.
Thank you speakers for encouraging us and struggling to understand our broken speech.

Thank you for not poking fun at us while we try to learn.


Thank you! (SGI!)
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translation of above quote:


[Phyllis Edwards] said it’s not important that the children always speak proper Cherokee as long as the elder speakers can understand them and there is communication occurring.

“In each community the language is spoken differently, and there’s dialects, and I think it can be wrong. I mean, so long as two people can communicate with each other and understand what is being said, I think that’s fine,” she said. [Cherokee Nation translation specialists Phyllis Edwards]