{"id":100,"date":"2025-09-17T15:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/?post_type=part&#038;p=100"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:45:18","slug":"chapter-2-namaste","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/part\/chapter-2-namaste\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 2 - Namaste","rendered":"Chapter 2 &#8211; Namaste"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_10615\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-10615 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of an elderly woman with her hands together.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/> Close-up of an elderly woman with her hands together. Photo by Shiraz Henry from Pexels.[\/caption]\r\n<h1>Overview<\/h1>\r\nNepal is a multilingual and welcoming country. A few key Nepali words will help you connect with people from your very first day. In this chapter, you will learn high-frequency greetings, polite expressions, and simple \u201csurvival\u201d phrases used in daily life and in the classroom. For now, learn these as complete phrases and focus on clear pronunciation and confident use. We will explore the grammar behind these expressions in later chapters.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<p data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"538\">By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"1008\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"620\">\r\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"620\">use common Nepali greetings appropriately in everyday and classroom settings<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"719\">\r\n<p data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"719\">choose polite expressions for basic interactions (please, thank you, excuse me\/sorry, welcome)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"799\">\r\n<p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"799\">respond to others with short, natural phrases (yes, no, okay, I don\u2019t know)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10615\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10615 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of an elderly woman with her hands together.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2422\/2025\/09\/pexels-shiraz-henry-1282463-4938547-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of an elderly woman with her hands together. Photo by Shiraz Henry from Pexels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Overview<\/h1>\n<p>Nepal is a multilingual and welcoming country. A few key Nepali words will help you connect with people from your very first day. In this chapter, you will learn high-frequency greetings, polite expressions, and simple \u201csurvival\u201d phrases used in daily life and in the classroom. For now, learn these as complete phrases and focus on clear pronunciation and confident use. We will explore the grammar behind these expressions in later chapters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"538\">By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"1008\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"620\">\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"620\">use common Nepali greetings appropriately in everyday and classroom settings<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"719\">\n<p data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"719\">choose polite expressions for basic interactions (please, thank you, excuse me\/sorry, welcome)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"799\">\n<p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"799\">respond to others with short, natural phrases (yes, no, okay, I don\u2019t know)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media-attributions clear\" prefix:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" prefix:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/\"><h2>Media Attributions<\/h2><ul><li about=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-photo-of-elderly-woman-with-her-hands-together-4938547\/\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-photo-of-elderly-woman-with-her-hands-together-4938547\/\" property=\"dc:title\">Elderly Woman with Hands Together<\/a>  &copy;  <a rel=\"dc:creator\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@shiraz-henry-1282463\/\" property=\"cc:attributionName\">Shiraz Henry, licensed under the Pexels license<\/a>     <\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-100","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10686,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/100\/revisions\/10686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}