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So do I. / Neither do I.(もそう) So Do I, Neither Do I

調 Word Order & Emphasis

へのは So + + へのは Neither + + です。"I'm tired." "So am I." / "I don't drive." "Neither do I." わせます。beなら am / is / are、一般なら do / does / did。するかどうかでわるにもしてください。

To agree with a positive, say So plus an auxiliary plus the subject; to agree with a negative, say Neither plus the same. "I'm tired." "So am I." "I don't drive." "Neither do I." The auxiliary copies whatever the other person used: be for be, and do, does, or did for an ordinary verb. Whether you invert also changes the meaning.

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Borrow Their Verb, Answer Short

すのはなので、だけをりてします。が I'm tired. とえば beりて So am I.、I went. とえば did をりて So did I.。があればそれをそのまま使い、I can swim. には So can I. とします。りるえなければ、この失敗しません。

Repeating the whole sentence would be wasteful, so English borrows just the verb and answers short. If they say "I'm tired," you borrow be and reply "So am I." If they say "I went," you borrow did and reply "So did I." An existing auxiliary comes along unchanged, so "I can swim" gets "So can I." Get the borrowed verb right and this pattern never fails.

わせる Matching the verb

"I'm exhausted." "So am I."

「もうくたくた」「も」

beりる。So do I. とはわない。 Borrow be. The do version doesn't work here.

"I finished early." "So did I."

めにわったよ」「も」

一般なので did をりる。 An ordinary verb in the past, so did comes along.

"I 've この きたことを、いまとびつけて。「いつきたか」ではなく「いまどうなっているか」にがある。だから yesterday のような一点とは一緒使えない。 never been to める 【have been to = ったことがある】 have been to です。この to をとして have never been Osaka とはえない。が to をしている。 Osaka." "Neither have I."

にはったことがない」「も」

へのは Neither。have をりる。 Agreeing with a negative takes Neither, borrowing have.

So do I(あり)=

じであることをえる。わる。 Says you're in the same boat. Subject and auxiliary swap places.

"I love this song." "So do I."

「このいいよね」「き」

So I do(なし)=

されてづいたときの。まったくはここでもわせるので、beや have のなら So I am! / So I have! になる。 What you say on noticing that someone's observation is right. A different meaning entirely. The auxiliary still copies theirs, so after be or have it comes out as So I am! or So I have!

"You've got paint on your sleeve." "So I have!"

にペンキいてるよ」「あ、だ」

よくある Common Mistake

"I'm hungry." "So do I."

「おなかすいた」「も」(のつもりで)

"I'm hungry." "So am I."

「おなかすいた」「も」

りるえたです。は I'm hungry. と be使っているので、こちらも beりて So am I. とします。do を使えるのは、一般使ったときだけです。で、をそのままにしてみること。Are you hungry? になるなら am / are、Do you like it? になるなら do。使えばしません。

The wrong verb has been borrowed. They used be in "I'm hungry," so you borrow be and say "So am I." Do is only available when the other person used an ordinary verb. A quick test is to turn their sentence into a question: if it comes out as "Are you hungry?", you need am or are, and if it comes out as "Do you like it?", you need do. Use whatever auxiliary the question would use and you'll be right.

  • Me neither. も(〜ない) へののくだけたばずにむ。 The casual way to agree with a negative, with no verb to choose.
  • Same here. こっちも にもにも使えるづち。 Works for positives and negatives alike. Very common in speech.
  • Nor do I. もそうではない Neither の言葉まった使う。 The formal counterpart to Neither, at home in writing and careful speech.
  • So I do! あ、 しないされてづいたときの反応で、とは The uninverted shape: what you say on realizing someone is right, not agreement.

まとめ Summary

  • へのは So、へのは Neither。 So agrees with a positive; Neither agrees with a negative.
  • わせてりる。 Borrow whichever auxiliary the other person's sentence used.
  • ったらにしてみる。 When unsure, turn their sentence into a question and copy the auxiliary.
  • So do I(も)と So I do(だ)は "So do I" means me too; "So I do" means you're right.

: 2026-07-25 Last checked: 2026-07-25