あなた に 似て いる 人 が い ます Purpose of に in this sentence. Also how would you translate にている人が here? Also imasu is used here because we are talking about a live/animate subject?

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あなた に 似て いる 人 が い ます

Purpose of に in this sentence. Also how would you translate にている人が here? Also imasu is used here because we are talking about a live/animate subject?

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あなたに似ている人がいます=There is (〜がいます, used for live/animate subjects as you said） someone （人、lit: person) who resembles you （あなたに似ている）
に is used to connect the object (あなた) to the verb (似ている). 〜に似ている means “to resemble/look like〜”. Perhaps there is someone else who can give a more technical explanation.

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more similar examples
寿司が好きな人がいます=There is someone who likes sushi
ギターをやっている人がいます=There is someone who plays guitar
毎日ステーキを食べる人がいます=There is someone who eats steak everyday
etc. etc.

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Awesome thanks man