"He is a teacher and so am I."

Translation: C'est un professeur et moi aussi.

[elfyuwei]

why Il est un professeur et moi aussi is not correct

[drplasma64]

I'm pretty sure you leave out the article in this construction with occupations, thus "il est professeur et moi aussi" or "je suis medicin" etc.

[Lechuza-chouette]

Yes. Also Il/elle are used generally when the noun is not modified by an article, and when the noun is modified use ce (or c'est). http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/pronouns/cest_vs_il.html

[Maureillas]

Agree.This was pointed out in a previous lesson.

[Lele957694]

You should say "C'est un professeur" or "Il est professeur".
In French, we don't use an article before professions : "He is a doctor" = "Il est docteur" ; "They are football players" ="Ils sont joueurs de foot" ; "I am a dentist" = "Je suis dentiste"

[Alex_VL]

French grammar is mindblowing OMG!

[anyulled]

Why is it "il est professeur et aussi je suis" wrong?

[ChrisWhatever]

It should be 'je suis' not 'je sui' but even then it wouldn't work out right, as it would mean "and also I am".

'Moi aussi' is the normal phrase and is really useful.

[CTrinity]

I'm still struggling with word order. I put 'cest un professeur et aussi moi' and that's wrong. But I have no idea when one word needs to come before another.

[alc1997]

there must be some obscur rule because were I am from Il est un professeur is entirely correct as for the second part i would use "et j'en suis aussi"

[Karenh_]

I used "et ainsi j'en suis" .. can someone explain why this is wrong?

[FernandaGrey]

i wrote prof and it was wrong......pretty sure prof is ok as short for professeur

[nidowardana]

I got 'il est enseignant et je le suis aussi' as the correction. Why is there article le?

[Christophe259029]

Because in this case 'le' stands in for the noun 'enseignant'.

[tinkerb3lle]

Why is it je 'le' suis aussi