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Can you explain why the article is masculine here?

edith E posted one year ago

Why is “I feel like an idiot dressed up like a clown” reflexive? Idiot is a noun. I had this question on a quiz. 

I had difficulty with the use of sentir/sentirse

Thank you Marcus G C1 for this "When you have como+noun, use the refexive.  

Nos sentimos como dos idiotas después de la estafa."  we felt foolish after the scam; foolish being an adjective

I was so confused 

after looking at Spanish dictionary I decided that the use of como un idiota translates to foolish - an adjective, even though un idiota is a noun

Eres un idiota - you are an idiot  (noun)

Estás actuando como un idiota - you are being ridiculous (adjective)

Lesson = Me gusta viajar en tren.  Why not gusto?  I like = gusto, right?  Also, pretty much the same question for the use of cuesta, not cuesto in this lesson. Aren't they referring to the (masculine) ticket (el billete)?  I have a feeling I am missing something covered in our lessons!  

(As always, thank you for your help)

Listen to the birds sing.

I put ' escuchar al canto de los pájaros'. I don't understand why this is incorrect as another option given was 'escuchar a los pájaros cantar'

I'm not sure when I can use escuchar + a

Gracias

Darn! once again is am trying to re-take a quiz I (really) need to work on. Message displayed after taking first quiz: "This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like." Yesterday I reported this and shortly later I was able to retake the quiz (and still struggle). So, I studied and read ALOT today and want to take the quiz again. Is there a timer I need to know about (i.e. you must wait 12/24 hours before retaking a quiz? Sure would like to get a better understanding on this lesson and quiz's do show if I am "getting it" or not.  As always you help is VERY much appreciated.  :)

The audio recording for "me pongo a estudiar ahora mismo" does not seem to match what is written. 

Por qué se marcó incorrecta mi respuesta cuando escribí: La feria de Navidad de (no en) Dallas. A pesar de dar un sugerencia que utiliza (de) en vez de 

'en'

Por qué se marcó incorrecta el uso de gradas en lugar de 'stands' o ṕuestos.

I have heard that -se is literary and rarely used today.  

The title for this lesson could be improved as Traer Llevar are in the opposite order I. The English translation.