kainushi ga shiiku ni tsuite kiku.

subject particle

Breakdown of kainushi ga shiiku ni tsuite kiku.

• 聞きく: to ask
• に ついて: about
• 飼かい主ぬし: a pet owner

Questions & Answers about kainushi ga shiiku ni tsuite kiku.

What does が do in this sentence?

が marks the grammatical subject.

Here, 飼い主が means the owner is the one who asks.
So 飼い主 is the person doing the action 聞く.

In a simple sentence like this:

• 飼い主が = the owner
• 聞く = asks

So が is showing who performs the action.

Why is it 飼育について? What does について mean?

について means about, concerning, or regarding.

So:

• 飼育について = about animal care / about raising animals / regarding breeding or keeping animals

Grammatically, について attaches to a noun.
Here, it attaches to 飼育.

You can think of the pattern as:

• noun + について + verb
• Xについて聞く = to ask about X

Examples:

• 日本について話す = talk about Japan
• 仕事について考える = think about work
• 飼育について聞く = ask about animal care

Why is there a に inside について?