Personal Preferences

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by MMM

バナナですね is probably exactly how I would answer that. This is partially because everyone knows bananas are good.

I would use neither in the first situation. If someone simply asked me what my favorite fruit was, and if it were banana (it`s not, but...) I would answer with バナナです.
If the topic was about which was better, banana vs apples or something like that, and I was asked which I preferred - I`d side with the banana side saying バナナですね.
And finally, if I were eating banana and someone asked me "What is that you`re eating?" I`d answer with バナナですよ.

No, wait, I`ll add another. I often answer with ～ですけど？ but am having trouble coming up with a somewhat believable situation to apply it to bananas.

It depends very much on the situation.

I do have to admit I can come up with pretty much no scenario in which I would say バナナですわ unless it involved imitating someone.

(Actually, in reply to the first question, *I* would answer with something more like バナナじゃないんですかね.)

[MMM]

バナナですね sounds like a "soft" answer...almost as if you are thinking out loud. The ね is almost like you are asking for agreement with yourself.

[Koir]

Slight suggestion: Could the title of this thread be changed to something more specific? Right now, it's up to confused interpretation...

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Koir

Slight suggestion: Could the title of this thread be changed to something more specific? Right now, it's up to confused interpretation...

What would you suggest?

[Trouble]

The reason why I wouldn't use "yo" in "Bananas are good!" is that it'd sound a bit too much like "Bananas are good, I tell you, good!"
Not sure about other people, but I'd back off.

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by Trouble

The reason why I wouldn't use "yo" in "Bananas are good!" is that it'd sound a bit too much like "Bananas are good, I tell you, good!"
Not sure about other people, but I'd back off.

It`s nowhere even close to that strong.
You could say it with absolutely no one backing off - unless, of course, you were saying it in that tone of voice.

I can`t think of a normal situation where I would just say バナナ美味しいですよ to someone out of the blue. To be more exact, I can`t come up with any situation where I would feel the need to tell anyone that bananas tasted good to begin with. Maybe このバナナ美味しいですよ, or あの店のバナナ美味しいですよ, etc

Or maybe if I were eating a banana and someone came up and expressed disgust, I might respond with the like.