How to Correctly Pronounce Namaste

[@ikioh]

her voice is so calming

[@buzzybee333]

Yes that’s beautiful. The words namaste and yoga when spoken less ‘sing-song’ imbue more impact when spoken in a more contained way. Love this. I wonder if you could comment as I was listening to Dr Hansaji Yogandra on the Yoga Institute channel and she pronounces namaste differently - not ‘stay’ but ‘stah’ as in ahh. Thank you. I’ve never heard it spoken that way.

[@savionicht561]

“Dr.” Yogendra is saying namaskaar, not namaste. Also Indian languages are phonetic and consistent- so namaste is always pronounced as above “nuh-muh-sthey”. The way Americans pronounce it is simply incorrect and would have a completely different spelling if spelled back into Hindi (Devanagari).

[@angelfishluva291]

Here after a comedian told me I have been saying it wrong.

[@samanthaquinn6242]

Lol me too

[@gigglinginmyburka]

Hi-lowww!

[@maxpower4385]

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[@7294bryan]

I'm glad I'm not the only one😂😂😂 is this a safe space?

[@nobueno3514]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 that guy with the podcast 😂😂

[@philliphsieh83]

There is namaste market in Dublin, CA

[@macdonald715]

Me and European with broken english: ＥＺ

[@elypowell6797]

I just said namaste to an Indian Girl who was helping me on the cell phone and she giggled a bit and said thank you sir. She sounded amused and honored. I hope I made her day! She was very sweet. American women do not have feminine voices and they often use profanity. I realized how much I miss conversing with feminine women. Maybe I can find an Indian Wife, they are quite lovely!

[@richJinny]

नमस्ते . I am a. native Hindi speaker. Many Westerners do not pronounce it the correct way, especially the last syllable. Hopefully this will help: NA: the "a" should be pronounced like the second "e" in "toneless" MAS: idem TE: like in "tic" The second syllable "mas" should be stressed.

[@starsoul_7]

Thank you

[@janekailey2173]

What does “more firm” mean?? I know the word “firmer”, but not “more firm”. How can we trust someone’s pronunciation when she can’t speak English?

[@rayunseitig6367]

No mass tay, to you too. - got it thanks.

[@rickieball4627]

More elaboration please

[@AFilipinaLovestoTravel]

Cool

[@Doomzdayxx]

nommis-they

[@jeanneamato8278]

🙏

[@lajeandom]

I don't think this is the real way of saying this word...it's the westernized version.

[@lalisaverma]

Nope her pronunciation is almost clear

[@Itzhadezaa]

yeah the westernized version is NAH-mus-tay, this is the actual version

[@sarahb4513]

Honestly, this is not exactly how we pronounced it when i lived in India, but there could be regional accents among Indians I guess.

[@BhaktiRosin108]

so its num-uh not nah-muh?

[@petrsson]

Damn...you are beautiful...Greetings from Germany... 😉

[@liodemirror1775]

No still not pronouncing it right. Just listen to the current miss universe saying namaste

[@ivnaji]

this is a wrong pronunciation and it just means hello

[@ronraji]

Nope its a Hindu religious greeting. By that logic Salam Aleykum also just means Hello.

[@prikkeldraad7112]

Ask a Muslim or Christian Indian to respond to you with Namaste. It isn't just "hello" for them. For them it's a Hindu word.

[@BhaktMahakalka104]

Idam Namami ka meaning Namaskar nhi hota hai. Chu...

[@fairysox221]

I asked for Namaste in my local Chinese takeaway a few times now and nothing... you should put a description in your video telling us what it means before we all starve to death ! Thought I would at least have got a Nice meat stew :(

[@kjjajaajajja2585]

It's a Indian culture why ask Chinese lol

[@Thunderchu-ky9ec]

Namaste is not used by Chinease it is used by Indians as a sign of respect..

[@gispaAPRN]

Nah-MUST-stay. I’ve been saying it the correct way for years. Why is it so hard for people to say this or learn it?!!

[@richJinny]

This is wrong.

[@Itzhadezaa]

This is the most american thing I've heard in my whole life and I've heard trump talking about building the wall-