Neither do I / So do I / I haven't either / Me too

Neither do I / So do I / I haven’t either / Me too

Were you just singing that, “The lion sleeps tonight” song? Yes I love that song. So do I. Wait, are you from England? Yeah, yeah I’m from London. Not away so am I. I was born in st. Mary’s Hospital. Dude, so was I. No, I was adopted shortly afterwards though. So was I. I can still remember those days. I loved them. Yeah, so can I. There was this one kid, he was so amazing. We just spend all day together, just playing. It was great. Yeah, I had a friend like that as well. I can’t remember his name though. Neither can I. I want to know what happened to him. Wait, when was your birthday? 28th of October 1984.

Wait I wonder what that means. Anyway I really should be going. Yeah, so, should I. Huh, so nice meeting you. You too. I see you later mate. Yeah. bye. See you later. Bye.

Imagine you meet someone. You meet someone, and they say the best thing ever. They say, hi I’m British. I am British. This sentence is positive or negative? I am British. NOT I am NOT British. That would be negative. But, he wants to say, wow, we are the same for a positive sentence. He could say me too, that’s fine but, let’s make it more interesting. Now, you could say, so, something I or I something too. The something will mirror that verb.

So, in his case it will be, so am I or same, I am too. Because again, it’s the same for a positive sentence. Another example, how about a verb? Like all British people, he likes tea. She wants to say, yes me too. We’re the same. How could she say that? So am I? No, it’s different. Because it’s a verb, she’ll say so do I, or I do too. But it’s important to remember, they’re the same and they’re both positive sentences. You, yes, me, yes.

So, we’ve done the verb be with, so am I. We’ve done the verb do with, so do I. What’s another auxiliary verb? Have, isn’t it? So, when would we use the word, have? You’re probably thinking this one. You’re probably thinking this one, I have a cat. If he wants to say me too. Let’s just use, so something I. You won’t say, so have I. Why? Well this one, what’s the negative of it? It’s, I don’t have a cat, right? So the auxiliary would be do, not have. So if he wants to say the same, he’d say, so do I not, so have I. mm-hmm. When we want to use have we use this example. She would use a present perfect, a have with a verb 3 or past participle. That way he can mirror the verb. This way it’s a half. So, he would say in this case, so have I.

So, that covers the auxiliary verbs. Do, be and have. But, you could use them with modal verbs. For example, for example, the modal verb will, she can mirror that, by saying, what do you think? So will I or I will too? If you’re thinking can I contract this I’ll too, no we wouldn’t contract that. So, you’d use that to mirror, if it’s an auxiliary verb or a modal verb.

Okay, how about negatives? In this case, we have a negative and they’re again the same. So, because it’s don’t, that’s a negative sentence. She wants to say me too. She can say me too. She has another option because it’s negative. She could say me neither. I know you’re thinking is it neither. Neither eva Iver, what’s the pronunciation? To be honest, both. Depends, sometimes I say either, sometimes I say either. British people, we use both.

So, what else could she say? Remember he said I don’t like Justin Bieber. She wants to say, I’m the same, for that negative sentence. I don’t like him too. Shorter, she can say, instead of so do I, which means we are the same for a positive sentence; we are the same for a negative sentence, we use neither do I. Remember there was another way as well. We could say I, with a negative verb, either. In this case, in this case the verb is do, I don’t either. So we’ve got two options: neither do I, or I don’t either. You’re probably thinking why isn’t that neither or that either. It’s all about negatives. Think of never and ever the “N” will represent the negative. Neither with a positive. Either doesn’t have the “N”, so the negative is there. So, I don’t like Justin Bieber. Neither do I. Or I don’t either. No one likes Justin Bieber.

So finally what if, one is positive and the other one is negative or vice versa? What if their feelings are different? He wants to say one thing and she doesn’t feel the same about that. He wants to say you are so pretty. The verb is be. But she wants to say back to him, well, you… What could she say? Neither are you, so are you. What could she say? Whether this is positive or negative, doesn’t matter. If the feeling is different. It’s different. We don’t say a so or a neither. We don’t say anything. It’s just normal. So, for example, you’re so pretty. She could just say, you’re so not. So remember if it’s different, it’s different. We don’t use so something I or neither something I. Another example, I like fish, I don’t like fish. If it’s different, it’s different. Thanks for watching.