Using Desu

Desu です(to be) is the most basic Japanese verb. Note that desu, like other Japanese verbs, comes at the end of the sentence, this is commonly used in:

Introduce Your Self
私はアメリカ人です。Watashi wa Amerika jin desu.　
I am an American.

山本さんの車は大きいです。Yamamoto san no kuruma wa ookii desu.
Yamamoto's car is large.

Explain an impression.
富士山は　たいへん　きれい　です。fujisan wa taihen kirei desu.
Fuji Mountain is very beatifull.

東京は　横浜　より　人が　多い　です。Tokyo wa yokohama yori hito ga ooi desu.
Many people in Tokyo than Yokohama

Explain an thing
これは　あなたの　パソコン　ですか？korewa anatano pasocon desuka.
this is your computer?
はい　そうです。hai sou desu.
youp it's my computer.

これは　本です。korewa hon desu.
this is a book

Polite answer
伸びたさん　は　何さい　ですか？nobita san wa nansai desuka.
how old Mr.Nobita?
２１　さい　です。21 sai desu.
21 years old

今　何時　ですか？ima nanji desuka.
what time is it ?
１　時　です。ichi ji desu.
one a clock.

大阪　まで　どの　ぐらい　かかりましか？Osaka made dono gurai kakarimasuka.
How long the time until Osaka?
２　時間　ぐらです。ni jikan gurai desu.
About 2 ours.

事務所は　どこ　ですか。Jimushyuo waa doko desuka ?
Where is the office ?
事務所は　あそこ　です。Jimushyu0 wa asoko desu.
Office is over there.

when you hear a question using desu at end of sentence, is pollite to answer those question using desu at the end of sentence too

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