Breakdown of Me interesan los claustros cuyos planos originales están aquí.
los
the (masculine plural)
aquí
here
estar
to be (location/state)
me
to me / me (direct object)
interesar
to interest
original
original
cuyo
whose
el plano
the blueprint
el claustro
the cloister
Questions & Answers about Me interesan los claustros cuyos planos originales están aquí.
Wait, both claustros and planos are masculine plural. Which word is cuyos actually matching here?
It matches planos (the things being possessed), not claustros (the owners). Just like an adjective, cuyo must agree in gender and number with the noun that immediately follows it. If the sentence were about a cloister's facade (a feminine singular word: fachada), it would be cuya fachada, even though the cloister itself is masculine.
Why does the sentence use the plural interesan if the English translation is "I am interested"?
Interesar is a "verb like gustar". The literal structural translation is closer to "The cloisters interest me." Because los claustros is the grammatical subject performing the action, the verb must take the plural form interesan. The indirect object pronoun me just indicates who is receiving that feeling.
What exactly are claustros in this context?
A claustro is a "cloister"—the covered, open-sided walkway surrounding a courtyard, typically found in monasteries, convents, or historic university buildings. It can also refer to the faculty or teaching staff of a university, but the mention of "blueprints" (planos) makes it clear we're talking about the physical architecture here.
Could I use son instead of están for "are here"?
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