Weather and states: no doer, and through "me"
The weather speaks by itself: garmi hai — it is hot. Thand hai — it is cold. Baarish ho rahi hai — it is raining. No "it": the state is at once the subject and the predicate. For example: “آج گرمی ہے، چھت پر نہ جاؤ” — Today it is hot — do not go on the roof. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The weather speaks by itself: garmi hai — it is hot. Thand hai — it is cold. Baarish ho rahi hai — it is raining. No "it": the state is at once the subject and the predicate.
About oneself Urdu speaks through "me". Mujhe bhook lagi hai — literally "to me hunger has attached", that is, I am hungry. The same way mujhe pyaas lagi hai — I am thirsty. Mujhe neend aayi hai — "sleep came to me", I am sleepy.
The same build you know from mujhe jaana hai — "to me there is going", I have to go. The to-whom form at the start, hai at the end — and the phrase is assembled.
Remember the pair of state verbs: lagna — to attach (to hunger, thirst) and aana — to come (to sleep). Both work only through "me".
Table
| English | Urdu | reading |
|---|---|---|
| it is hot | گرمی ہے | garmi hai |
| it is cold | ٹھنڈ ہے | thand hai |
| it is raining | بارش ہو رہی ہے | baarish ho rahi hai |
| I am hungry | مجھے بھوک لگی ہے | mujhe bhook lagi hai |
| I am thirsty | مجھے پیاس لگی ہے | mujhe pyaas lagi hai |
| I am sleepy | مجھے نیند آئی ہے | mujhe neend aayi hai |
| I have to go | مجھے جانا ہے | mujhe jaana hai |
By example
- آج گرمی ہے، چھت پر نہ جاؤadzh garmi hai, chhat per na dzhaoToday it is hot — do not go on the roof
- مجھے بھوک لگی ہےmujhe bhuk lagi haiI am hungry
- بارش ہو رہی ہے، چھتری لے جاؤbarish ho rehi hai, chhatri le dzhaoIt is raining — take an umbrella
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Weather and states: how does it work in Urdu?
The weather speaks by itself: garmi hai — it is hot. Thand hai — it is cold. Baarish ho rahi hai — it is raining. No "it": the state is at once the subject and the predicate.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“آج گرمی ہے، چھت پر نہ جاؤ” (adzh garmi hai, chhat per na dzhao) — Today it is hot — do not go on the roof. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.