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  Jake

  this

  Structure

  • Demonstrative

  [near the speaker]

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  paberu

  I know that this isn’t the correct answer to the sentence “this is the sea” but is the following also a kind of valid translation (since the thing the sentence is talking about is a place):

  ここは海です

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  Pep95

  I think if you were actually standing at/in the sea then yes. But the sentence これは海です is a bit broader, where it could also fit in a scenario where you are pointing at a picture or something.

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  Fach

  これはステーキです。これはいいです。
  In this sentence, how would i know to replace which kore by “it”. Can I just say いいです?

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  Scyamntic

  Edit: lol I misread “steak” as 素敵(すてき)

  Ok breaking it down now that I’ve remembered how to read:

  これはステーキです = This thing is steak

  • abstract demonstrative, Imagine you were in a room full of Martians teaching them about what a steak is on a big PowerPoint slide

  これはいいです = This is good

  • value judgement about some “thing”

  If you are trying to say:

  “This is a good steak”

  • このステーキはいいです
  • これはいいステーキです

  The difference can be thought of as being:

  • This steak is good (leans towards judgment)
  • This (thing) is a good steak (leans towards description)

  I hope all that is relatively clear

  Now to your question, simply saying いいです in many cases indicates that you are “positively confirming”. This is the same as saying “dope”, “sounds good”, “that’s fine” etc in English.

  You are correct that you can drop t...

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  MOA_304

  I would suppose you could use です since it’s technically polite and goes at the end of a sentence to say “it”. It also seems like an appropriate substitute since it would be the only option left (because you can’t use だ).