How to use SO & NEITHER in English: 'So do I', 'Neither am I'...

TRANSCRIPT

Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video I'm going to teach you about something we use a lot in conversation, and that is the words: "So" and "Neither". So, how do we use these in conversation? Well, I want you to think about a conversation you've recently had with somebody. A lot of the times when we talk to people, we want to contribute something to the conversation and we want to show that we agree with someone. Okay?

So, for example, maybe I'm talking about pizza. "I like pizza." If you want to tell me that you agree with me, you can use the word: "So do I." Okay? So, you can use this expression; it starts with "So", then we have a verb, a helping verb, and then we have the person; in this case, it's "I". Okay, so: "So do I."

Let me ask you another question. Well, not a question. Let me say something that I believe. "I really like music." Do you like music, too? If you do, when I say: "I like music", you can say: "So do I" because you agree with me; you like music, too. Okay? Now... So, that's when we use "So", and we'll have a lot more examples in a moment.

Let's just talk a little bit about "Neither" for a moment. We use "Neither" when we're talking about something negative, so something that has the word "not" in it or... You know, for example: "I do not like pizza. I don't like pizza." If I say something like this in a conversation, you can agree with me, and you can say: "Neither do I". "I don't like pizza." You say: "Neither do I", if you agree with me.

So, let's do some examples together. "I speak English." If you wanted to add to the conversation and show you agree and you have the same experience, you can say: "So", then we can add: "do", and then you can say: "I".

Okay, let me think about something else. "I don't speak Klingon." This is a language from Star Trek. "I don't speak Klingon." If you wanted to add to this conversation, you can say-so, we have here it's a negative; it has the word "not"-"Neither do I." So, we use "So" and "Neither" when we want to show agreement with what somebody's saying in a conversation. So, let's look at some more examples of that.

So, so far we've talked about: "So do I" and "Neither do I". Okay? To show agreement with what somebody's saying. What about if we want to talk about somebody else? Well, we have "So" here, but we can actually change the pronoun we use when we're talking about someone else. So, if you're talking to somebody, you can say: "So do you." Or maybe, you know, I say: "I love traveling." And maybe you have a sister who loves traveling, you can say about your sister: "So does she." Okay? We can also do, if there's you and somebody else, you can use the pronoun "we"; or if you're talking about a group of other people, you can use the pronoun "they".

So, before I had "I", but you can actually use any of these or you can use somebody's name. For example: Drake. Okay? So: "I live in Toronto. So does Drake." We both live in Toronto. I never see Drake, but we both live in Toronto, so I can say: "I live in Toronto, and so does Drake."

Now, did you notice I did something different with the verb? Okay? The verb has to be in agreement with the pronoun. So, when we use "you", this goes into "do": "I do", "you do". For "he" and "she", the verb, in this case we call this a helping verb - the helping verb goes into "does": "she does", "he does", so we invert it. "So does he.", "So does she.", "So do we.", "So do they." Drake is "he", so we would put: "So does Drake." The point is: It needs to match. The pronoun and the verb need to match. Okay?

What about "Neither"? Well, it's the same. Okay? "I don't live in Australia. Neither does Drake.", "neither do you", "neither does he", "neither does she", "neither do we", "neither do they". Okay? So, it's important that the verb matches the pronoun. But notice that "So" and "Neither" are at the very beginning of the sentence. So, they always have the same place. Okay, so let's look at some other examples of ways we can use "So" and "Neither" in conversation. […]

[jashan]

Probably one the best english teachers i have come across. Your way of teaching and making things simple and using simple language is what help me connect with you.

[sidneylima.]

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[slashorysk]

all of these expressions can be exchanged "me, too "🌚🌚

[khalidhameed]

I always had this question about “So do I” like how and when to use it but no one could give me the correct answer. Thanks to the gorgeous Emma ❤️❤️ for this great lesson.

[angelmarcelsuarezromero]

I hadn't even realize about this grammar rule and found it very useful. I need see your videos more frequently because there are lots of English language tips that I can learn from you, excellent explanation. Thank you Emma!

[lloydkim]

I was a puppy living in Toronto, it is my pleasure to hear that example: "I live in Toronto"

[omartodologo]

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[abdulmalikalwaleedy]

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[RealEverydayEnglish]

Very useful stuff this Emma! I’m a native English speaker but have problems with this in Spanish - yo tampoco / yo también.

Any English student will really appreciate this video 😎

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Have a great day 😎

[leonardosturniolo]

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[qjidlst]

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[KapilaSug]

Grammar really works once you reach a good speaking and listening level, in my case it is now more than 2800 hours . Thanks dear Emma, you are excellent.

[masoninformaticienetprof]

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[yaaqobsenan]

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[syedirfanalishah]

Hey Emma, hope you are well. The lecture i just took about So and Neither with the agreements in both conditions cleared a lot of confusion which I had since long back ago. Thats somehow turn out to be wonderful when we accidently find somebody who is so just kind enough to help the individual and community. Wish you all the best ahead and wishes for you.

[veronikadolgushina]

Every time I listen to your lesson, I enjoy it. The way you give the information is clear and easy to digest. Thank you very much.

[rabihfadel]

We have to practice it, specially with helping verbs and auxiliary.

[renovator]

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