Is saying 私の名前はxです incorrect? My friend says the です shouldn’t be there. We’re both non-natives and neither of us are fluent, but I know the language a bit better than him and I’ve always added the です, I never knew anything about it being incorrect. Have I been saying this wrong all along? (・・;)

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Tomo97

25 Dec 2017

Japanese

私の名前はquisです。sounds natural.
Usually we don't remove です. However, in a very limited situation, like in a movie, some people go without です. Because depending on the situation, it sounds cool.

In a normal conversation, I recomend always adding です.

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quis

25 Dec 2017

English (UK)
Romanian
English (US)

@Tomo97 thank you!! I’ll show your response to my friend, hope this will clear things up for him😅

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tonimors

25 Dec 2017

Japanese

です is the politeness marker, and when introducing yourself you naturally speak in polite manner I think, because it's when you met someone for first time, therefore 私の名前はxxです is correct.

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