Breakdown of Ella edita no solo el audio, sino también el video del episodio.
ella
she
no
no, not
también
also
del
from the / of the
el video
the video
editar
to edit
solo
only
el audio
audio
sino
but (rather)
el episodio
episode
Questions & Answers about Ella edita no solo el audio, sino también el video del episodio.
Why do we use sino también instead of pero también to mean "but also"?
In Spanish, when you want to say "not only [A], but also [B]", the set phrase is always no solo... sino también.... You use sino instead of pero because the first part of the sentence is negative (no solo), and the second part introduces a complementary element that builds on it. Pero is used to add a limitation or contrast, whereas sino is used to correct or add to a negative statement.
The lesson mentions sino que también. Could we use that here instead?
No, you wouldn't use sino que también in this exact sentence. You only add que when the second part of the sentence introduces a new conjugated verb. Since el video is just a noun, sino también is the correct choice. If the sentence introduced a new action, like "but she also writes the script," then you would say sino que también escribe....
Why doesn't the word video have an accent mark here? I sometimes see it written as vídeo.
In Latin America, the standard spelling and pronunciation is video (stressing the second-to-last syllable: vi-DE-o). Because it ends in a vowel and the stress falls naturally on the second-to-last syllable, no accent mark is needed. In Spain, however, it is typically pronounced and written as vídeo (stressing the first syllable: VI-de-o).
Why do we need to repeat the word el before both audio and video?
When using correlative conjunctions like no solo... sino también..., Spanish strongly prefers to keep the grammar perfectly balanced on both sides. Since audio and video are both specific nouns belonging to the episode, they both need their definite article (el). Dropping the second el would sound unnatural to a native speaker.
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