Brothers and sisters

[Ryceve Vrrtep'itan]

kaltxì ma oeyä eylan

I'd like to know something which is killing me

in Na'vi they usually say ma smuk or ma smukan smukesì?

a friend of mine and me have been discussing for months now!

tnx a lot for any help

[Tswusayona Tsamsiyu]

they are both the same except in my opinion smukan smukesì is more formal (which is the opposite of English).

[Ryceve Vrrtep'itan]

they are both the same except in my opinion smukan smukesì is more formal (which is the opposite of English).

maybe you're right

but actually I couldn't find that form in the movie script nor in Frommer's posts

I always found the two specific forms

[Ryceve Vrrtep'itan]

kxaltì ma oeyä eylan

Don't know if that is a typo or if you diden't now...but it's kaltxì 

ouch, tnx, i just misspelled

[eejmensenikbenhet]

I've seen people using smuktu (ke omum ftxey tsa'u lu eyawr), but I prefer smukan smukesì myself.

[Sireayä mokri]

I've seen people using smuktu (ke omum ftxey tsa'u lu eyawr)

It's from Frommer, so it is eyawr

[Ryceve Vrrtep'itan]

I've seen people using smuktu (ke omum ftxey tsa'u lu eyawr)

It's from Frommer, so it is eyawr

I know they're all correct, but i'd like to know if it is more common to use the "smuk(tu)" or the "smukan smukesì" form

in colloquial

[Ryceve Vrrtep'itan]

I've seen people using smuktu (ke omum ftxey tsa'u lu eyawr), but I prefer smukan smukesì myself.

me too, definitely, but i'd like to know from a leNa'vi karyu which one is best in either formal and unformal expressions

[Sireayä mokri]

In my opinion, smuktu will do in both formal and informal speech, whereas smukan smukesì sounds more formal.

[wm.annis]

I've seen people using smuktu (ke omum ftxey tsa'u lu eyawr), but I prefer smukan smukesì myself.

me too, definitely, but i'd like to know from a leNa'vi karyu which one is best in either formal and unformal expressions

We have no statements at all from Frommer about register (i.e., formal vs. informal) except for some guidance on the pronouns and the ‹uy› infix.  There's no particular reason to interpret the -sì form as more formal.

[Sireayä mokri]

There's no particular reason to interpret the -sì form as more formal.

I think informal constructions tend to be shorter, thus I'd prefer smuktu in rapid speech.