This page gives you the four seasons, the weather words you hear every day, and the sentences for small talk about the weather. The grammar idea is small: the verb yogʻmoq is used for both rain and snow, and the suffix -da turns a season into “in spring”, “in winter”.
You will also want the words for time: days of the week and months and telling the time. To say how you feel, see how to say “I am tired” in Uzbek.
The four seasons
| Uzbek | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bahor | ba-HOR | spring |
| yoz | YOZ | summer |
| kuz | KUZ | autumn |
| qish | QISH | winter |
| fasl | FASL | season |
| yil fasllari | YIL fasl-la-RI | the seasons of the year |
| Sizga qaysi fasl yoqadi? | siz-GA qay-SI FASL yo-qa-DI | Which season do you like? |
| Menga yoz yoqadi. | men-GA YOZ yo-qa-DI | I like summer. |
Weather words
| Uzbek | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| havo | ha-VO | weather; air |
| ob-havo | ob-ha-VO | weather (the word for the forecast and the news) |
| issiq | is-SIQ | hot |
| sovuq | so-VUQ | cold |
| iliq | i-LIQ | warm |
| salqin | sal-QIN | cool |
| quyosh | qu-YOSH | sun |
| yomgʻir | yom-GʻIR | rain |
| qor | QOR | snow |
| shamol | sha-MOL | wind |
| bulut | bu-LUT | cloud |
| tuman | tu-MAN | fog |
| quyoshli | qu-yosh-LI | sunny |
| bulutli | bu-lut-LI | cloudy |
Sentences and temperature
| Uzbek | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Havo qanday? | ha-VO qan-DAY | How is the weather? |
| Bugun havo issiq. | bu-GUN ha-VO is-SIQ | The weather is hot today. |
| Bugun sovuq. | bu-GUN so-VUQ | It is cold today. |
| Havo iliq. | ha-VO i-LIQ | The weather is warm. |
| Yomgʻir yogʻyapti. | yom-GʻIR yogʻ-yap-TI | It is raining. |
| Qor yogʻyapti. | QOR yogʻ-yap-TI | It is snowing. |
| Shamol esyapti. | sha-MOL es-yap-TI | The wind is blowing. |
| Ertaga yomgʻir yogʻadi. | er-ta-GA yom-GʻIR yo-gʻa-DI | It will rain tomorrow. |
| Kecha qor yogʻdi. | ke-CHA QOR yogʻ-DI | It snowed yesterday. |
| Tashqarida necha daraja? | tash-qa-ri-DA ne-CHA da-ra-JA | What is the temperature outside? |
| yigirma daraja issiq | yi-gir-MA da-ra-JA is-SIQ | twenty degrees above zero |
| besh daraja sovuq | BESH da-ra-JA so-VUQ | five degrees below zero |
Patterns: yogʻmoq, -da, -li and daraja
- yogʻmoq is the one verb for falling rain and snow. Yomgʻir yogʻadi (rain falls, it will rain), yomgʻir yogʻyapti (it is raining now), yomgʻir yogʻdi (it rained). Replace yomgʻir with qor and you have snow. Negative: Yomgʻir yogʻmayapti (it is not raining).
- -da means “in”: bahorda (in spring), yozda (in summer), kuzda (in autumn), qishda (in winter). Yozda issiq boʻladi means “in summer it is hot”.
- -li means “with” and makes the weather an adjective: quyosh → quyoshli, bulut → bulutli, yomgʻir → yomgʻirli. Ertaga havo quyoshli boʻladi means “tomorrow the weather will be sunny”.
- daraja (degree): after the number say issiq for plus and sovuq for minus. Yigirma daraja issiq is +20 and besh daraja sovuq is -5; many people also say the loans plyus and minus. The word for temperature is harorat. A number before daraja takes no -ta: yigirma daraja.
A short conversation
A: Assalomu alaykum, Aziza. Tashqarida havo qanday?
Hello, Aziza. How is the weather outside?
B: Va alaykum assalom. Sovuq, yomgʻir yogʻyapti.
Hello. It is cold, and it is raining.
A: Ertaga ham yomgʻir yogʻadimi?
Will it rain tomorrow too?
B: Yoʻq, ertaga havo quyoshli boʻladi.
No, tomorrow the weather will be sunny.
A: Yaxshi. Sizga qaysi fasl yoqadi?
Good. Which season do you like?
B: Menga bahor yoqadi. Bahorda havo iliq boʻladi.
I like spring. In spring the weather is warm.
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