No. 3 in Japanese
が
"が" is a Japanese particle marking the subject of a sentence.
In a sentence
私は猫が好きです。
I like cats.
The particle 'が' marks the subject (猫) of the predicate expressing the speaker's preference.
空が青いです。
The sky is blue.
Here, 'が' is used to mark the subject (空) of the descriptive sentence.
今日は雨が降っています。
It is raining today.
In this sentence, 'が' identifies the subject (雨) of the action occurring.
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