"我的鼻子很疼。"

Translation: My nose hurts.

[tasecho]

English"hurts" sounds better than "is painful"

[Kivolamuzikisto]

Dou has changed their "official" translation to "hurts"! Yeah!! :-D

[kboeyen]

"my nose hurts"

[Lessacdirgni]

"My nose really hurts" seems valid to me...

[DestinationVoid]

医生！医生！

我的脑很疼！

[Nonhlanhla580166]

Why can't I say "my nose is painful"?

[clintack]

It sounds odd. 'Painful' usually indicates the source of the pain, not its location.

An injury is painful. A punch to the face is painful.

If someone said "My nose is painful," I'd think they were speaking figuratively, as in: It's emotionally painful to me that my nose is so ugly.

[eugenia_oh]

"My nose is very painful" rejected...

[Vic45971]

Their own dictionary lists painful as an acceptable alternative, so why not accept it??

[Linda5682]

Oh geez, I grew up saying "tong" rather than "teng". Thank you Duolingo!