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Estoy intrigado y leo la letra sin saber quién es.

Estoy intrigado y leo la letra sin saber quién es.
I am intrigued and I read the handwriting without knowing who it is.
From Lesson 289:Clauses of absence (sin que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Estoy intrigado y leo la letra sin saber quién es.

Why do we use the infinitive saber instead of the subjunctive sepa after sin?
Because the subject is the same for both actions. You are the one reading (leo), and you are also the one not knowing (saber). When the subject doesn't change, we just use sin + infinitive. If someone else didn't know, you would use sin que + subjunctive, like leo la letra sin que él sepa (I read the handwriting without him knowing).
Doesn't letra mean a letter of the alphabet? Why does it mean "handwriting" here?
Letra has a few common meanings in Spanish: a letter of the alphabet, the lyrics of a song, or a person's handwriting. If you want to talk about a letter that you write and mail to someone, you would use the word carta.
Why does quién have an accent mark if this isn't a question?
It has an accent because it is an indirect question. When you say "without knowing who it is," you are embedding a question inside the sentence. Question words like quién, qué, and dónde always keep their accent marks in indirect questions.
Why use estoy instead of soy with intrigado?
We use estar here because being intrigued is an emotional state or a reaction to something, not a permanent characteristic. When we use past participles like intrigado as adjectives to describe how someone is feeling right now, we always pair them with estar.

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