kaigi de mondai ga hasseishita.

A problem arose at the meeting.

Breakdown of kaigi de mondai ga hasseishita.

• が: subject particle
• で: location particle
• 問もん題だい: problem
• 会議かいぎ: meeting

Questions & Answers about kaigi de mondai ga hasseishita.

What does で mean in 会議で?

Here, で marks the location or setting where something happens.

So 会議で means at the meeting or in the meeting.

In this sentence, it tells you the context in which the problem occurred:

• 会議で = at the meeting
• 問題が発生した = a problem occurred

This use of で is very common for places or events where an action or event happens:

• 学校で勉強する = study at school
• 会議で話す = speak at a meeting

Why is が used after 問題?

が marks 問題 as the thing that occurred.

So:

• 問題が = the problem / a problem (as the subject of the event)
• 発生した = occurred / arose

With verbs like 発生する, 起こる, and ある, が is often used to mark what exists or happens.

In other words, the sentence is structured like:

• As for what happened? A problem occurred.

Using を would not work here, because 発生する is not something you normally do to a problem. The problem itself is what comes into existence or happens.

What does 発生した mean exactly?