Breakdown of Transmitimos no solo el podcast, sino también la música.
Questions & Answers about Transmitimos no solo el podcast, sino también la música.
Why use sino también instead of pero también for "but also"?
The phrase no solo... sino también... works together as a set pair, just like "not only... but also..." in English. While pero is the standard word for "but," Spanish uses sino instead of pero when you want to correct, contrast, or add to a negative statement (like the one starting with no solo). Would it be wrong to say sino que también in this sentence?
Yes, adding que would be incorrect here. You only use sino que también when the phrase introduces a new conjugated verb. Because the second part of this sentence is just a noun (la música) without its own verb, you stick with sino también. I noticed transmitimos translates to "we broadcast". Could it also mean "we broadcasted" in the past?
Exactly! For regular -ir verbs like transmitir, the nosotros (we) form is identical in both the present tense and the preterite (simple past) tense. Without additional context like "yesterday" or "right now", transmitimos can mean either "we broadcast" or "we broadcasted." Since podcast is an English word, how do we know whether to use el or la?
English loanwords adopted into Spanish usually default to masculine, which is why we say el podcast. They generally only become feminine if they refer to a female person or if they are strongly associated with a specific native Spanish word that is feminine. Learn Transmitimos no solo el podcast, sino también la música and more in Spanish
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