います: there is / there are (people, animals); to be at a place

Polite form of いる: there is / there are (people and animals), or someone is at a place.

Pattern: place に + person or animal が + います. 公園に子どもがいます is 'there are children in the park'. Things use あります instead. It also means 'have' for people close to you: 兄がいます is 'I have an older brother'. Forms: いません (is not), いました (was), いませんでした (was not). Casual: いる, いない, いた. Not the same as 〜ています, the 'is doing' pattern.