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je suis (I am)
tu es (you are)
elle est (she is),
nous sommes (we are)
vous etes (you all are)
ils sont (they are)

Any ryhme or reason to these? Nope, that's just the way the language has...

Those are both true. Japanese has many levels of formality, so you need to use different forms of verbs (or even entirely different verbs) in different situations, depending on context. Men and...