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JLPT N5 Grammar

だ・です

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N5 · Other · noun/na-adjective + だ・です

to be; polite or plain assertion

noun/na-adjective + だ・です

だ is the plain copula and です is the polite copula. Use them to state identity, qualities, or conditions.

Use だ/です after nouns and na-adjectives. Do not add だ after a present affirmative i-adjective.

これは私のノートです。

This is my notebook.

Do not say おいしいだ. The polite i-adjective form is おいしいです.

Learn noun + です first as the basic 'this is...' sentence pattern.

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