How to Correctly Pronounce Namaste

Rina Desphande helps us understand how to pronounce "Namaste" correctly and with more cultural appreciation.

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[dawn_furey]

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.

[angelfishluva]

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

[philliphsieh]

There is namaste market in Dublin, CA

[macdonald]

Me and European with broken english: ＥＺ

[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.

[elypowell]

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!

[lajeandom]

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

[rayunseitig]

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

[opionatedverymuch]

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

[janekailey]

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?

[ivnaji]

this is a wrong pronunciation and it just means hello

[petrsson]

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

[fairysox]

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 :(

[BhaktMahakalka]

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

[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?!!