li is a personal pronoun. It refers to a particular subject..
se is an expression which is actually se, li se OR sa se. It is used in many impersonal expressions.
see link: "se" at the beginning of a sentence
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
se is an expression which is actually se, li se OR sa se. It is used in many impersonal expressions.
see link: "se" at the beginning of a sentence
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
But I see 'li' used in sentences such as 'li fe lapli'. Is this a personal pronoun in this instance?
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not used as a personal pronoun in this instance.
DeleteWhen talking about the weather, time, or temperature, you may use "li".
examples:
L'ap fè lapli. It's raining.
Li fè cho. It's hot.
Li fè dizè. It's ten o'clock.
"li" has become the subject before the verb "fè".
In other instances (when talking about weather, temperature, and time), you can use "se", but not "li"
Se lapli k'ap tonbe. It's the rain that's falling
Se chalè mwen santi.I feel hot
Se dizè li fè. It's ten o'clock.
"Se" here can placed before a noun or adj.
...or in this recently published sentence: 'Li pi bon pou yo jis kite.'
ReplyDelete"li" can be considered an impersonal pronoun if it introduces an impersonal expression:
DeleteLi pi bon pou yo jis kite
or
Se pi bon pou yo jis kite.
other examples /expressions
Li pa bon pou fè sa.
or
Se pa bon pou fè sa.
It's not good to do that.
Li pa lapenn pou vini.
Se pa lapenn pou vini.
Don't bother coming.
See more examples of the uses of "se" in the link given above.