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Sigo sin escuchar la bocina por el ruido.

Sigo sin escuchar la bocina por el ruido.
I still can't hear the horn because of the noise.
From Lesson 321:Even when (aun)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Sigo sin escuchar la bocina por el ruido.

Why do we use "sin escuchar" instead of a gerund to say "still can't hear"?
To say you are "still doing" something, you use seguir + gerund. But to express that you "still aren't" doing something, Spanish avoids using a negative gerund. Instead, you must use seguir sin + infinitive. So sigo sin escuchar literally means "I continue without hearing."
Could I use "sigo no escuchando" since the lesson is about gerunds?
No, that sounds very unnatural. Spanish strongly avoids placing no before a gerund to express a continuing negative state. The formula seguir sin + infinitive is the standard, required structure for this meaning.
The translation says "can't hear", so why isn't there a form of "poder" (can) in the Spanish sentence?
With perception verbs like escuchar (to hear/listen) or ver (to see), Spanish often implies the ability to do it without needing the verb poder. Sigo sin escuchar is the most natural way to say "I still can't hear" or "I still don't hear."
Why is it "por el ruido" and not "para el ruido"?
We use por here because it indicates the cause or reason behind an action. The noise is the reason you cannot hear the horn. Para would incorrectly imply that the noise is the purpose of the action.

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