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Re:Imasu vs Desu 14 Years, 4 Months ago Karma: -583  
In your examples you are using the desu with an adjective and the imasu with a verb.

In other examples imasu is used for people and animals to say "they are" and arimasu is used for inanimate things.

Get a good Japanese grammar book and study up
 
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