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When should I use です and when should I use ます?
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です is for nouns and adjectives. ます is for verbs.
I am American. アメリカ人です。
that’s a cat. あれは猫です。
i eat pizza. ピザを食べます。
i go to school. 学校へ行きます。
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です is for nouns and adjectives. ます is for verbs.
I am American. アメリカ人です。
that’s a cat. あれは猫です。
i eat pizza. ピザを食べます。
i go to school. 学校へ行きます。
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ます is attached to the ます form, one of the conjugations of verbs. Other than verbs, adjectives and nouns are marked with です.
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です is used especially as meaning of being.
EX：
俺は日本人です
I'm a Japanese.
リンゴは赤いです
An Apple is red.
ます is put to connect regular verbs and also meaning being 〜ing.
EX：
俺はギターを弾きます
I play the guitar.
俺はアプリを楽しんでいます
I'm enjoying an appli.
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