Me: Seriously, there has to be a way to say "it's sunny."

Urdu teacher: Well... You could say "it's hot."

Me: No you can't. In winter when it's sunny it's cold.

Urdu teacher: Hmmmmmmm...

Me: Ok, today it's cloudy. How do you say it's cloudy?

Urdu teacher: Well...

Me: Surely if clouds are rare, you comment on them.

Urdu teacher: Oh, there are lots of clouds, but they just blow over and don't rain. We curse them.

Me: Ok but suppose you call your mom and tell her it's cloudy.

Urdu teacher: I speak Pashto with my mom.

Me: Well I'm NOT learning Pashto. People would think I'm a terrorist. (Both laugh. Cause this joke is seriously funny if you know things about Pakistan that you rich-world people don't know. Neener neener.)

Me: So what DO you say about the weather?

Urdu teacher: We say it's hot. Then we swear. (Ed.: Wow, they swear a lot. I'll just fit right in! Especially when the caffeine withdrawal starts to kick in.) You need to give up on this sunny / cloudy thing. (Ed.: Huh? What is this "give up" you speak of?)

Me: Ok let's do something else. If I say "makri hay" that means there's a spider, right?

Urdu teacher: Well...

Me: What, there are so many spiders you don't even bother mentioning them???


In conclusion, I now know how to say "the weather is good" which is obviously a damn lie, and "there is a spider on my pillow" which I think could be used as some sort of rudimentary pick-up line. Good progress!