Breakdown of Tanto el micrófono con el que transmiten como la cámara son nuevos.
ser
to be
nuevo
new
con
with
que
that / than
la cámara
the camera
como
as / like (such as, similar to)
el micrófono
the microphone
tanto
as much / as many / so much
transmitir
to broadcast
Questions & Answers about Tanto el micrófono con el que transmiten como la cámara son nuevos.
How does tanto... como... translate to "both... and..." in this sentence?
The structure tanto [X] como [Y] is a formula that groups two things together, emphasizing that both are included. Even though tanto usually means "so much" and como means "like" or "as", together in this exact pairing they mean "both [X] and [Y]". Here, it connects the microphone and the camera.
Why is the adjective nuevos masculine plural when the noun right before it is the feminine la cámara?
Why do we use con el que instead of just con que or con quien?
To say "with which" in Spanish, you combine the preposition con with a relative pronoun. We use el que because it refers back to el micrófono (masculine singular). While you could technically just say con que, adding the article (el) is much more common and sounds more natural in everyday speech. We don't use quien because a microphone is an object, not a person.
Why is the verb son in the plural form?
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