Today I'm going to answer a question that I get for my students a lot. And that's of course if it's my sister and me or my sister and I. So think about this. Think is number one correct? Number two correct? Or are they both correct? Put your answer in the comments and then I'll explain the answer and the reason why. Of course I'm Jennifer from j4senglish.com and this channel is dedicated to helping you sound like a fluent, confident, natural, English speaker. Now before we go any further make sure you subscribe and hit the bell notification so you're notified every time I post a new video. Now let's dive in with today's lesson. All right so we're talking about sentence structure here and is it my sister and me, my sister and I or both are correct. Now this is a question I get from my students a lot. But these two examples were submitted by one of my students mark. So mark wanted to know is it my sister and me live in Paris or my sister and I live in Paris or are both of these examples correct? So first of all put your answer in the comments if you haven't already so put number one, number two or you can put one and two if you think they're both correct. So did you put them in the comments? Now this is also something that probably confuses you because you probably hear native English speakers use both of them. Okay I certainly hear native English speakers use both of these and I've probably done it myself a few times as well but they're not both correct okay so if you put one and two sorry not correct so is it number one or is it number two? Well number one my sister and me live in Paris. What do you think? This is incorrect okay grammatically this doesn't work. My sister and I live in Paris. Ah that sounds better. This is grammatically correct. So here notice our example is with my sister. It doesn't have to be it can be any subject okay? My friend and I my friend her brother and I so we can be you know maybe a couple different people and then and I okay? So notice when we have that structure so subject and I that's the only correct structure. So we're talking about English sentence structure. It's not possible to use and me. Now there is a really easy way to understand why okay? So this is such an easy way that this will really help you the next time you're forming a sentence in English and even if you forget this explanation just remember this one thing and then you'll be like the obviously it's correct okay? So that one thing is take away the subject and okay? So if we take it away this sentence we're left with me live in Paris. Me live in Paris. Well obviously that's not correct. I'm sure you know you don't say me live, me work, me want. No that's not correct. But here we take away my sister and and I'm left with I live in Paris. Well that's correct. I live in Paris. I work in Toronto. I need something. I want something. We know that's how you begin a sentence right? You begin it with I. So me is not a subject okay? Now because of that we don't use it and like thinking no it's really easy for you to see that this does not sound good right? So when you say it like this you might be like well what's the big deal? All I'm doing is using me instead of I okay? But the deal is that this sounds terrible if we take away my sister and and we're left with me. Me live in Paris. That's does not sound good. So even when you include the subject another subject before to a native English speaker you know it doesn't sound very good. Although I also just said that native English speakers make this mistake a lot which is true. So of course even if you hear a native English speaker do it it doesn't mean that you should do it as well because native English speakers we don't always use correct grammar okay? And this is just one of those areas where we sometimes make a mistake. Bottom line subject and I. So I is the subject. Me is not a subject. So Mark I hope that answered your question. It's a pretty easy answer and I get this question a lot. So this is for everybody who's wondering and also wondering why? Why is it? So there you go. Now you know no more wondering. So now try an example. Remember you want to take your new knowledge and then use it. Use it instantly because that's the key for your brain to take that information and permanently remember it okay? So just do a simple sentence like this with one subject. So here she and I okay but then try one with that combined subject. So I mean my sister my brother and I or my colleague George John and I you know try some a longer structure as well. So put two of those examples in the comments and use different verbs as well. And here just to point out this verb doesn't have to be in the present simple so it doesn't matter what the verb tense is it is. It could be lived okay? So we can change the verb tense we can change the verb but this part of the sentence still is going to be subject and I. All right? So there you go Mark and everyone else who was wondering what the correct answer is. I hope you found this video helpful. If you did please hit the like button share it with your friends and of course subscribe. And also if you have any questions you would like me to answer leave them in the comments and I'll answer them during my next video. Before you go make sure you head on over to my website j4senglish.com and download your free speaking guide. Now in this guide I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and confidently. And until next time happy studying. All right we did go look at you improving your English sentence structure. That's awesome don't stop there check out this video and don't forget about this video and make sure you subscribe and until next time bye.