I want to be able to speak more casual Japanese. I just wanted to know if it was possible to drop です out of a sentence. example: これは犬


Could I drop です out of a sentence? I want to be able to speak more casual
Japanese. I just wanted to know if it was possible to drop です out of a
sentence. example: これは犬




I mean, it would make sense, but it's like saying in English: "is dog". So it
wouldn't be grammatically correct. You can say これは犬だ, or just keep it normal.
Also saying it like this isn't really formal, so I'd keep it with これは犬です.

-a native Japanese speaker

