が (ga)

N5

ga

The subject particle が — marks who or what performs an action, or introduces new information.

is the subject particle. It marks the grammatical subject — especially when the information is new or answers who / what.

がいます。
Neko ga imasu. — “There is a cat.”

がいます。
Inu ga imasu. — “There is a dog.”

Question words pair with : 誰が (dare ga, who) / 何が (nani ga, what).

For a full comparison with , see は vs が.