You’ve been using です since your very first sentence — これはすしです. Today we name what it is. English makes you pick the right “to be” for each subject — I am, you are, she is — and drop it in the middle. Japanese refuses to play that game: です covers am / is / are for everyone, never changes for I / you / he / they, has no plural, and always lands at the very end. 私は学生です is literally “as-for-me, student is.” The verb coming last is true of every sentence you’ll ever build. (Among friends, です shrinks to だ.)
Today's words
何
what
思う
to think; to consider
ひと
person; someone
君
you; buddy
いい
good; excellent
Write today's kanji — tap to replay
何
思
君
See it in real sentences
いい人です。
He is nice.
全くそのとおりです。
That's absolutely right.
まったく同意見です。
I quite agree with you.
私のかばんです。
This is my bag.
最善をつくすつもりです。
I will do my best.
気分が悪かったからです。
Because she felt sick.
Practice
Spaced review — recall from earlier days (tap to flip)
to say
言う
1d ago
Recall
Which word means “what”?
Which word means “good”?
Which word means “you”?
Which word means “to think”?
Listen and choose
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
Your turn — say it, then check
Say: “He is nice.”
いい人です。
Say: “That's absolutely right.”
全くそのとおりです。
👀 Today’s input · ~10 min — where fluency actually comes from
Read your first real books
You can read kana now — so read. Open a Level 0 Tadoku graded reader: picture books made for absolute beginners, almost all kana. Sound each page out loud and don’t stop to look up every word; getting the gist is the goal.