Breakdown of Es un edificio histórico cuya fachada imponente te gustará.
ser
to be
un
a, an (masculine)
el edificio
the building
gustar
to like
te
to you / you (direct object)
la fachada
the facade
cuyo
whose
histórico
historical
imponente
imposing
Questions & Answers about Es un edificio histórico cuya fachada imponente te gustará.
Why is it cuya (feminine) when the owner is the masculine edificio?
Unlike the English word "whose", the Spanish relative pronoun cuyo (and its forms cuya, cuyos, cuyas) must match the gender and number of the possessed thing, not the owner. Since the sentence is talking about the facade (la fachada, feminine singular), we use cuya, even though the building (el edificio) is masculine.
Is cuya common in everyday spoken Spanish?
It is mostly used in formal contexts, writing, or news. In everyday spoken Latin American Spanish, native speakers often avoid cuyo entirely because it sounds quite formal. Instead of using a relative pronoun, a native speaker chatting with a friend might just rephrase it, such as saying Es un edificio histórico y su fachada imponente te va a gustar.
Why is the verb gustará (it will please) instead of gustarás (you will please) at the end of the sentence?
The verb gustar works backwards compared to English; it literally translates to "to be pleasing to". In the clause cuya fachada imponente te gustará, the subject of the verb is the facade, not you. Because the facade (la fachada) is a singular object, the verb takes the third-person singular form (gustará), meaning "the facade will be pleasing to you".
Could we put the adjectives before the nouns, like imponente fachada?
You could, but it changes the tone. Placing descriptive adjectives like histórico or imponente before the noun makes the sentence sound much more poetic, subjective, or dramatic. Keeping them after the noun is the standard, natural way to objectively describe the building's physical traits.
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