Breakdown of kanojo wa hito ga ooi tokoro ga nigate da ga, shiten no tetsudai ni itta.
はwa
topic particle
行くiku
to go
がga
subject particle
人hito
person
Questions & Answers about kanojo wa hito ga ooi tokoro ga nigate da ga, shiten no tetsudai ni itta.
Why are there two が in the first half?
There are actually two different が doing two different jobs:
- In 人が多い, が marks the subject of the relative clause that modifies ところ (places where “people are many” = crowded places).
- In X が 苦手だ, が marks the thing someone is bad at/uncomfortable with. Here, 人が多いところ is that X. So: 彼女は [人が多い] ところ が 苦手だ.
Is ところが here the conjunction meaning “however”?
No. It’s not the standalone conjunction ところが (“however”). It’s ところ + が where が marks “the thing one is bad at” in the pattern X が 苦手だ. The sentence’s “but” is the だが later on.
Why use は on 彼女 but が on ところ?
は marks the topic (what we’re talking about): 彼女は. が in X が 苦手だ marks the specific thing she’s not good with: 人が多いところ. This pattern—topic with は + disliked/weak-at thing with が—is very common: 私は犬が苦手です.
Could I say 人の多いところ instead of 人が多いところ?
Yes. In relative clauses, の can often replace が as a subject/possessor marker: 人の多いところ ≈ 人が多いところ. Both are natural; が is a bit more neutral; の can feel slightly more attributive/written, but the difference is small here.
