Breakdown of No les interesa el drama.
no
no, not
les
to them / to you all
interesar
to interest
el drama
the drama
Questions & Answers about No les interesa el drama.
Why is the verb interesa singular when the English translation says "they"?
Because interesar works just like gustar. The people experiencing the feeling aren't the subject of the sentence; the thing causing the feeling is. Here, the subject is el drama (a singular noun), so the verb takes the singular form interesa. Literally, the Spanish sentence is structured as "Drama doesn't interest them."
What does the word les do in this sentence?
Why is there an el before drama? In English we just say "interested in drama" without "the".
In Spanish, when you talk about a general concept or category (like drama, love, or sports) and it acts as the subject of the sentence, you must include the definite article (el, la, los, or las). Since el drama is the subject that is causing the interest, it needs that article.
Wait, is drama a masculine word even though it ends in an "a"?