"I am not you."

Translation: Mi ne estas vi.

[Joshua.Anderson]

I just put Mi estas ne vi because I was curious about the same thing. It said it was correct. I read somewhere that the accusative exists so that you can have pretty much any word order... I'm no linguist so I'm not sure what that means but what I put worked.

[ISpeakAlien]

More noun cases would be needed to be able to move words anywhere in a sentence.

[onizuka0111]

Rahhh

[Noah.Sulfridge]

Why not "vin" in this sentence?

[MarkWootton]

Estas is a nontransitive verb (it refers to the subject's state, and does not apply an action on a direct object)

[tanveerxd]

Mi estas ne vi? Wont it work?

[ChristianofPeace]

No. You always have to put NE before any verb to make it negative.

Mi ne malamas vin. NOT Mi malamas ne vin.

[johmue]

Well, it depends on what you want to negate:

Mi ne malamas vin, sed tamen mi ne helpos vin.

Mi malamas ne vin sed lin.

[ChristianofPeace]

That's why I was saying to negate a verb.

[Allinory]

I put Mi estas ne vi, and it said correct

[Lahure]

Para tanveerdxd. Esperanto seems to work like the Romance languages. The negative before the verb as PsicologiaYPaz has explained. I am not you - no soy tú.

[ISpeakAlien]

I am not you.

Mi ne estas vi.

No soy tú.

I'll also add Swahili!:

Mimi si wewe.

[Aora18]

No, thats not correct beacause it does not make sence. But keep trying

[MikeFen]

So vi is singular you? Ehat is plural you as in y'all or you guys? It reminds me of French vous (sg and pl), Spanish vos/vosotros (sg and pl), Portuguese voce (sg), Polish wy (pl), Russian (vy sg and pl).

[jxetkubo]

Vi is singular and plural as you in modern English.

[ISpeakAlien]

I didn't know that! There should be a separate plural you... Maybe "vij".

[bigbaddie]

there is no plural you

[WolfgangSchanz]

Why doesn't it read out the words for this course?

[chrisjohn08]

Why are pronouns not given a -o at the end?

[jxetkubo]

Because they are neither adjectives (-a) nor nouns (-o). The a-ending makes the possesive adjectives from the pronouns.
mia – my
via – your
lia – his
ŝia – her
ĝia – its
nia – our
ilia – their

[Euglot]

I know it's slangy, but I can't help but type it as mi nestas vi xD
I'm a bad Esperantist

[LatinamDiscens]

Would you also be able to use the accusative form (object pronoun) 'vin'?

[jxetkubo]

No, you wouldn’t, because esti is a linking verb that does not take direct objects.

[LatinamDiscens]

Ok, thanks

[IsmaEndlos]

Why not it would say " Mi ne estas ci "? If ci is you and vi you in singular and plural.. thank u

[jxetkubo]

Ci is not used often nowadays. It had got some importance in the labourers’ movement, but it declined with it. It is like the English thou.

[Hans15397]

Kaj vi, vi ne estas mi

[MarkyzasK88]

I say Mi estas ne vi and it says correct that isn't good

[YiShu-Xu]

Why not "Mi estas ne vin?"

[jxetkubo]

Because esti is a linking verb and linking verbs do not take direct objects, but link on the same level. Both sides remain in the nominative case. Examples:
German: Ich bin der Herr. (not: den Herrn) [Mi estas la Sinjoro.]
Latin: Tu es Petrus. (not: Petrum) [Vi estas la roko.]
English: Is it I, Lord? (not: me) [Ĉu estas mi, Sinjoro?] (NB: The English speaking are lazy with this.)

[Will-Adamborn]

How mental do you have to be to say this sentence?

[MarkWootton]

Imagu:

A - "Kial vi ne faris ĝin, kiel mi farus?"

B - "Ĉar mi ne estas vi, kaj mi neniam estos kiel vi!"