Grammar Review: [Noun] + です

Structure:

Present: ~です, ~じゃないです

Past: ~でした , ~じゃなかったです

Usage: です is the polite form of the copula (a linking verb like "is/am/are") in Japanese.
Example:
[東京|とうきょう] は [大|おお]きい [都市|とし] {です}。
Tokyo is a big city.
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