NAMASTE VERY USEFUL IN NEPAL AND INDIA

Let’s start with your first word, namaste.This is used as both a greeting and a goodbye and is accompanied by holding your palms together in a prayer position. When you meet people, say “namaste,” and hold your hands together in front of you.

               Strangers, shopkeepers, fruit venders, farmers, bus drivers, and policemen will all appreciate your courtesy.Be careful not to be overzealous with your namastes; you do not need to say namaste to people more than once in the day.Do not say namaste to your hostel owner every time you walk to your room. Using namaste properly will make you a language connoisseur, not a language kook.