です (desu)
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The copula です — equates two ideas in polite speech (“I am …”, “it is …”).
です is the polite copula. It links a topic to a description — like “is / am / are” in English, but as its own word at the end of the sentence.
元気です。
Genki desu. — “I am fine.” / “[I] am well.”
The plain form is だ (da), used among close friends. In polite conversation, stick with です.
Negative: ではありません or じゃありません. Question: add か — 学生ですか。