So am I! Is this the end?

Absolutely not! I'm not giving up!

Ok! Neither am I!

One of us has to run to the control room to save the ship.

Jim, I'm scared!

So am I, but this is the only way.

Are you wearing your gravity boots?

No!

Neither am I. What will we do?

Wait wait wait! Pause the movie for a second.

I love how these two characters have so much in common.

They both scared but brave at the same time.

And forgetful! They both forgot their gravity boots!

Did you see how they were saying 'so am I' and 'neither am I?'

'So am I' is a common way to say 'me too.'

We can use this if the first statement is positive, and uses the verb to be.

This means we can use it for adjectives...

I'm scared.

So am I.

nouns...

I'm an engineer.

So am I.

for prepositional phrases...

I'm outside the ship.

So am I.

or for present continuous sentences.

I'm losing oxygen!

So am I!

You've probably also heard the phrases

'so have I', 'so do I', and other variations.

Don't worry! We'll cover these phrases in other videos.

Let's keep going!

'Neither am I' works the same way as 'so am I',

but we use this when the original statement is negative.

Whew! I'm not dead.

Neither am I!

I'm not giving up.

Ok, neither am I!

I'm not a pilot!

Neither am I!

You can also use both of these phrases in the past.

I was worried we wouldn't make it.

So was I!

I wasn't very confident about this plan.

Neither was I, but now I think it's going to work!

You can also use any subject you want. Just remember to change the 'be' verb properly.

The control ruins don't fire, Captain.

So is the engine room.

I'm going to fight these aliens and so are you!

The pilots aren't in the main deck. Neither are the other crew members.

The laser cannons are destroyed. So are the shields!

'So am I' and 'neither am I' are common phrases in English. Try to practice them in your next conversation.

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Wow, that movie was amazing. I am not going to sleep after that.

Neither am I. I'm wide awake!

So am I!