"我的姐姐不但聪明,而且漂亮。"
Translation:My older sister is not only smart, but also beautiful.
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"My big sister is not only smart, but also beautiful" should be accepted as well, reported on Nov. 19, 2017.
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Duolingo editors, you should always accept "big sister" as well as "older sister" in these questions!
"Intelligent" should really be accepted as a translation of "聰明". I just got this exercise wrong twice in a row.
"Bright" and "clever" don't sound as good as "intelligent" or "smart", but they should probably be allowed as well (if they aren't already) given the definition for "聰明" at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%81%B0%E6%98%8E#Chinese.
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My question is where is the verb in the Chinese sentence?
In "noun + 很 + adjective" sentences, 很 acts as the English verb "is" or "to be." When you negate this type of sentence, 很 gets replaced by 不. So it seems that 不但 is an extension of 不 and replaces 很 in a similar way to 非常 and 真.
她很高 - She is tall
她非常高 - She is very tall
她不高 - She is not tall
她不但高 - She is not only tall