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Sentence Pattern: “Not only…but also” |
1.她不但聰明,而且很用功讀書。 Taa1 bat1 daan6 cung1 ming4,ji4 ce2 han2 jung6 gung1 duk6 syu1 (讀書)。 She is not only clever, but also works very hard. |
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2. 他不但喜歡中文,而且喜歡音樂。 Taa1 bat1 daan6 hei2 fun1 zung1 man4 fo1,ji4 ce2 hei2 fun1 jam1 ngok6 fo1。 He likes not only Chinese, but also Music. |
From the above examples, you can find that the Chinese sentence is more complicated than the English one for adding information. We have to include a verb in the clause in Chinese. However, the verb can be omitted in English if the verb can be understood from the previous sentence. |
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As in Example 2, the verb “hei2 fun1” (喜歡) has to be repeated in the second sentence |