"I also do not have a younger sister."
Translation:我也没有妹妹。
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It is because you are now saying "I also do not have one sister", implying that you may have none, or more than one.
I can imagine that it would be like saying "I also don't have (exactly) ONE younger sister. (But maybe two, maybe three.)" Weird... Here you want to say that you have no sister (in general). I guess you can imagine it as plural if you want to translate it more directly: "I also don't have (younger) sisters".
When a statement is to confirm existence/nonexistence of something, the quantity with its modifier should be omitted. I.e “Do you have a car” should be translated as "你有车吗？"， instead of "你有一辆车吗？".
You can't use yi1 + a measure word when you are replying in negative using 有。
Is there a specific reason for that or is that just how it is? (If anyone knows, would be cool to know in order to memorize it more easily)
没有 means don't have, and 不 means no. so it would be weird if you said 我不妹妹 because it would mean I no younger sister
I'm trying to figure out how to say i also do not have a younger sister in Chinese.
Why is 没 pronouned differently on its own versus when paired with 有? It's that case when it's asking you to identify the character by itself as well, but it's very obvious here using the word bank. 没有 sounds correct, but 没 by itself sounds like a completely different word.
I entered the sentence without the "。" dot. It marked it as wrong... I didn't know the dot was important. :/
This translation is so weird. It should be 'I don't have a younger sister either'. This literal translation is awful. It's like saying "también no" in Spanish when you should use "tampoco".
Both are ok in English, although "either" is probably more common.