N5

です: Simple Statements

Use です to make polite noun-based statements and read very simple beginner sentences.

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What です does

です politely ends many beginner statements built around nouns and adjectives. It does not carry the same full range of meaning as the English verb to be, but in early lessons it often feels similar in translation.

これはほんです。

This is a book.

This is a polite noun sentence ending in です.

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わたしはせんせいです。

I am a teacher.

Another polite noun sentence with です.

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