Use of です or あります in the sentence それは椅子


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.




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)




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.

