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Title says it all. When saying それは椅子 would I use あります or です? I've been using
です, but from what I've read, it's used to describe an object, and あります to
declare it's existence. So I'm thinking あります would be the correct verb to use.
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Use of です or あります in the sentence それは椅子
When you use それは~です you can think of it like saying "that's a ~". In the case
you mention you should use です.

あります is the equivalent of there is/are and to have, depending on the context.
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それは椅子です = That is a chair. (as in "that thing is a chair") 椅子があります = There is
a chair. (as in "a chair exists" somewhere)
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it could actually be either, depending on the context.

> 「それは椅子です」 - that's a chair / that would be a chair
>
> 「何？椅子ないかってー？そりゃ、椅子ありますよ」 - What? If we have chairs? Why, of course we have
> chairs.
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