I saw an instagram story where this guy is answering a bunch of questions and
someone asked, "彼女はいる?" (do you have a girlfriend?) And he answered, "います//"
and I don't know what that means.
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What does います mean if used as an answer to a question?
いる is the verb "to exist" for animate objects (います is the polite form).

ある is the verb "to exist" for inanimate objects (あります is the polite form).

So in this case a literal translation would be:

> 彼女はいる?
>
> Is there a girlfriend?
>
> いる。
>
> There is.

ある、いる、持つ(to hold) are all also used for "to have" in Japanese, depending on
the situation.
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