It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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:es-pv: Basque

Elurra iparraldean egiten du bakarrik, baina euria alde guztietan egiten du.
/elura iparalde.an egiten du bakarik | baɲa euɾi.a alde gus̻ti.etan egiten du/
elurr=a iparralde=an egi-ten d-∅-u-∅ bakarrik | baina euri=a alde guzti=etan egi-ten d-∅-u-∅
snow=ABS.SG north=INESS.SG do-PRESP 3.ABS.PRS-SG.ABS-AUX-3SG.ERG only | but rain=ABS.SG part all=INESS.PL do-PRESP 3.ABS.PRS-SG.ABS-AUX-3SG.ERG

It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.
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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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:con: Yorkish
At snees bair i the north, ut at rains aulhwaer.
/at snɪə̯s pɛa̯r i θə nɒrθ | ʊt ət rɛɪ̯ns ˈɒːlˌʍɛa̯r/
3NSG snow-PRS.3 only in DEF north | but 3NSG rain-PRS.3 all_where
It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.
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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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:con: Naguil

Nalan onduna pai ansardin feon verge kin.
/'naːlan ɔn'duːna pʰaːi an'zaːrdin fɛɔn 'vɛːrgə kʰin/
Nal-an on-dun-a pai an-sard-in feon verg-e k-in
snow-NOM 3SG-fall-PRS only DEF.ART-north-LOC but rain-NOM all-LOC.
Snow falls only in the north but rain everywhere.
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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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Payun̪t̪uk payatara payiŋkiɳakun waɻiŋ wayatara paɭuɻay papu.
pa-yun̪t̪uk pa-yata-ra pa-yiŋki=ɳakun wa-ɻiŋ wa-yata-ra pa-ɭuɻay pa-pu
Place-snow 3.Place-fall-PRS 3.place-northeast=only Liquid-water 3.Liquid-fall-PRS Place-all Place-LOC
Snow falls in the north only, but rain falls everywhere.
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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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(above giving white and to north and it giving water and to other positions...)
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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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Hɛlcɛso:
Tohotut rɛn aw xilyamxun, usto maseyatu aw mawamxun
/'tɔ.xɔ.tut 'ʁɛn 'ɑw 'ɕil.jɑm.ɕun | 'us.tɔ 'mɑ.sej.ɑ.tu 'ɑw 'mɑw.ɑm.ɕun/
north-LOC.INAN only COP.IND snow, but everywhere-LOC.ANIM COP.IND rain
In the North only (it) becomes snowy, but everywhere (it) becomes wet
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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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Are we translating a sentence paraphrasable as “the North is the only place it snows”?
“It snows [only in the North]”?

Or as “in the North the only form of precipitation is snow”?
“In the North it [only snows]”?
Or “It [only snows] in the North”?

Or maybe each?
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Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.

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eldin raigmore wrote: 11 Dec 2023 21:26 Are we translating a sentence paraphrasable as “the North is the only place it snows”?
“It snows [only in the North]”?

Or as “in the North the only form of precipitation is snow”?
“It [only snows] in the North”?

Or maybe each?
I presume it's the first one, judging by the OP phrasing, but I'm sure you'd be free to do either. (Plus it's probably a good exercise to think about how both would be phrased.)
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