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〜がいる/〜がある

が marks the subject or entity whose existence is being observed with います.

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How it's used

In sentences stating the presence of an entity (あそこに〜がいます), が marks the new subject being pointed out. を is never used with the intransitive existence verb います.

Example questions

あそこに白いねこ___います。

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