Name: Speaking English: You and I (or is it You and Me?!?)
Uploaded: 2026-03-17T18:06:13.000Z
Duration: 17 min 38 s
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Past simple

Me and David just checked into the hotel.

There's a really common mistake in spoken English, but it's an easy fix.

In this video, I've come to New York City with my husband and we're going to go over so many examples of when it should be David and I and when it should be me and David.

Also notice each time I say this, there's the word and, and

notice it's never pronounced and it's always pronounced David and I.

So today we're also going to really study as a bonus the reduction of the word and so that you have smooth and connected speech and a natural American accent.

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First, let's go over the basics of David and me or David and I.

The name David never changes, but the pronoun me or I does change depending on the grammar.

If it's the subject, the person doing the action, then it's I, I checked into the hotel.

You'll never hear me checked into the hotel.

People only really mess up pronouns like this when we're using and and a name like David.

So you'll probably never hear a native speaker say me checked into a hotel, but

you will definitely hear me and David checked into a hotel, but it's not correct.

We are the subjects, so it has to be I. I checked into the hotel.

So remember, subject of the sentence, use I.

You gave me a dollar, I gave you a dollar.

He gave me a dollar, I gave him a dollar.

She is the subject and her is the object.

She gave me a dollar, I gave her a dollar for it.

They is the subject and them is the object.

Okay, now, what about in this sentence, which is right, the hotel gave me and David an upgrade.

We would never say the hotel gave David and I an upgrade.

It has to be me and David, because I'm the object here.

Okay, with what you've learned so far, pick the correct one for this sentence.

Can we say me is running late or me are running late?

So it has to be David and I are running late, not me and David are running late.

she and I met when we sang together in the Bronx Opera Company years ago.

she and I met when we sang together in the Bronx Opera Company.

Okay, first of all, her and I is never an option.

These two should never go together because when it's the subject, it's I or she.

When we're talking about the object, it's me or her.

She and I met when we sang together in the Bronx Opera Company.

Bronx Opera hired she and I at the same time.

Bronx Opera hired her and I at the same time.

Her and I can never go together, so that expression was incorrect.

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Speaking English: You and I (or is it You and Me?!?)

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