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What to Say in Punjabi When Talking About the Weather

For a complete weather remark, choose the Punjabi sentence that matches the day: sunny, hot, very hot, cold, very cold, or rainy. Wind and sunshine are also useful weather words, but they are standalone vocabulary items rather than complete statements. Use the stronger forms when you mean very hot or very cold.

Start with these expressions

EnglishTransliterationNative script
It is sunny today. ajj dhup hai ਅੱਜ ਧੁੱਪ ਹੈ
It is hot today. ajj garmi hai. ਅੱਜ ਗਰਮੀ ਹੈ।
It is cold today. ajj sardi hai. ਅੱਜ ਸਰਦੀ ਹੈ।
It is very hot today ajj bahut garmi hai ਅੱਜ ਬਹੁਤ ਗਰਮੀ ਹੈ
It is very cold today ajj bahut sardi hai ਅੱਜ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਰਦੀ ਹੈ
It is raining meeh pai riha hai ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ
Wind hawa ਹਵਾ
Sunshine dhup ਧੁੱਪ

Choose a full weather statement or a single weather word

The most useful distinction is between a complete weather statement and a standalone weather word. The examples for sunny, hot, very hot, cold, very cold, and rainy weather are complete beginner statements with English meanings. Use one of these when you want to tell someone what the weather is like.

The wind and sunshine entries work differently: they are individual weather nouns. The dictionary evidence supports the wind word as meaning “air” or “wind” [1], and the sunshine word as meaning “sunshine,” “sunlight,” or the sun’s heat [2]. They are therefore useful vocabulary to recognise, but do not treat them as interchangeable with the complete statements.

There is also a practical strength contrast. Choose the ordinary hot or cold statement for a general description. Choose the very hot or very cold statement when you want to stress intensity. The sentence meanings use a word for “today,” and that time word is independently documented as meaning “today” [3]. These citations support the individual word meanings; they do not independently prove the grammar or wider conversational naturalness of every full sentence.

[1] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.

[2] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.

[3] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.

Try it

You are outside your house and want to tell a neighbour that today is extremely cold. Which supplied complete weather example fits best?

Choose your answer before reading on.

Check your answer:

Use expression 5 in the table above.

Choose this example because its English meaning specifically says that it is very cold today. It is a complete weather statement, and its stronger wording is more precise than the ordinary cold description.

Practise choosing between the ordinary and stronger hot or cold descriptions, then use the sunny or rainy statement when the weather changes.

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