'like I am' vs 'as I were'

[Offroad]

Dear teachers

Do these sentences read well?

Don't talk to me like I am a child!
Don't talk to me as I were/was a child!

To me, the first one is fine, the second isn't.

Thanks

[bhaisahab]

Dear teachers

Do these sentences read well?

Don't talk to me like I am a child!
Don't talk to me as I were/was a child!

To me, the first one is fine, the second isn't.

Thanks

Neither of them work for me. I'd say "...as if I were a child".

[Offroad]

Neither of them work for me. I'd say "...as if I were a child".

Your suggestion is just perfect. But I do wonder what is wrong with the first sentence!

[Barb_D]

An American would say the first is fine, and so is "as if I were a child" (as suggested), and so is "as though I were a child." (I too prefer bhai's suggestion, though.)

[waleed123456]

How about saying?

Don't talk with me as if I were a child. talk with me
Don't talk me as if I were a child. talk me

[Barb_D]

How about saying?

Don't talk with me as if I were a child. Talk with me This is incomplete. "Talk with me as one adult to another," or something like that, is needed.

Don't talk me as if I were a child. talk me -- No, you can talk TO me or talk WITH me, but not just "talk me."

In this sentence, "talk to" is more natural than "talk with."

[emsr2d2]

How about saying?

Don't talk with me as if I were a child. talk with me (makes no sense on its own)
Don't talk me as if I were a child. talk me Whole line is wrong because "Talk me" is not correct in English.

Some people will say "talk with me" but that suggests a conversation. "Talk to me" suggests more of a one-way monologue-style type of speaking.

[Tdol]

In this sentence, "talk to" is more natural than "talk with."

Maybe this is a BrE thing, but talk with me sounds wrong to me here.

[Barb_D]

I'm not quite ready to say it's wrong. I'll amend my statement to say that "talk to sounds MUCH more natural."