Breakdown of Ne samo da ima mikročip nego i zdravstvenu knjižicu.
Questions & Answers about Ne samo da ima mikročip nego i zdravstvenu knjižicu.
In this structure, da introduces the clause after ne samo.
So Croatian says:
- ne samo da ima ...
- literally something like not only that it has ...
In natural English, you would not translate the da separately. It is just part of the standard Croatian construction.
A learner may expect Ne samo ima ..., but that sounds wrong here. The normal pattern is:
- ne samo da + finite verb
- nego/već i + the second element