です – The Key to Politeness and Clarity

👉 です links the subject to information about it.

📌 Basic Structure

[Subject] + + [Information] + です

  • にほんじんです。✅

    Nihonjin desu. → I’m Japanese.

  • たべますです。🚫

    Tabemasu desu. → Incorrect!

    • Since eat is an action, です is unnecessary.

 

 

📌 Vocabulary

[Country] + = Nationality

  • にほん人です。🎎
    Nihonjin desu. → I am Japanese.

  • ドイツ人じゃないです。🍻
    Doitsujin janai desu. → I am not German.

  • かんこく人ですか?🐯
    Kankokujin desu ka? → Are you Korean?

 

 

📌 Let’s Practice!

 
 
 
Vocabulary List
Vocabulary List
China ちゅうごく
Vietnam ベトナム
Philippines フィリピン
Brazil ブラジル
Nepal ネパール
Indonesia インドネシア
Japanese Exercise
Translate into Japanese

1. I'm Chinese.

です。

2. I'm not Vietnamese.

じゃないです。

3. Are you Filipino?

ですか。

4. I'm Brazilian.

です。

5. I'm not Nepali.

じゃないです。

6. Are you Indonesian?

ですか。
 

 

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間 – Expressing Continuous Action or State