Spanish language Q&A Forum

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-How did you make the final selection? -Listening to the melodies and the lyrics of each one of them.

Regarding "listening", why is escuchando the correct option here versus escuchar? "Escuchando las melodías ..." 

I feel like there are 2 correct answers to this question:

Es el hombre más honesto ________.

He's the most honest man I've ever met.

I think the one I choose and the one identified as correct are equally correct. 

que jamás haya conocido - identified answer 

jamás yo he conocido - my answer 

Please explain.  Thank you 

I need to understand why "play with their telephones" can't be translated as "juegan con sus telefones."  (My keyboard is giving me trouble on making accents so please note I understand telefones would normally have one.)  Thanks!

Is there a general rule about when the definite article must be used? Eg, in this exercise why does ‘fortuna’ not have one while abundancia, prosperidad and economía do?

While i was doing the exercise ,the suggested answer was "Para ver las fotos o los videos", but here without articles? In this sentence, should we use las/los or not?

What is the difference between tan and tanto?

Can they be used interchangeably.

I thought the past participle of leer is leído. But the above example uses leídas. I have no knowledge of conjugating past participles. Please explain the usage. Thanks 

Hello,

Still a bit confused on passive SE, and have a couple questions:  (1) Do "no fault", "accidental" and "passive" SE all refer to the same thing?  And (2) Would the correct Spanish translation for "Yesterday I fixed his computer, and he has already broken it" be "Ayer le arreglé la computadora (el ordenador) y ya se lo/le ha roto”.   If correct, should I use “lo” (for “it”, the computer) or “le” as indirect object for “to him” (?).  Thank you for your input and clarification.

The lesson states the following: 

Cierto can also mean "verdadero/seguro" (true/truthful/sure/reliable). In this case, used with a noun, the adjective cierto is placed after the noun. For example: