My Hello says HI to my Goodbye...

Everyone can have their heart broken. Even if you know the relationship isn't working, it's still sad. Even in a bad relationship, they're part of your life for a long time, and saying goodbye to that can be difficult.

As you’d expect, you should use a polite greeting when you run into someone you know or want to know. It is important to use the correct greeting depending on who you are greeting. So, you would use a different word for greeting your friend than you would for greeting your boss or teacher.

The Hindu Salutation 'Namaste' means “I bow to you”.

‘Namaste’ or ‘namaskar’ is the Indian way of greeting one another. Wherever they are--on the street, in the house, in public transport, on vacation or on the phone--when Hindus meet people they know or strangers with whom they want to initiate a conversation, "namaste" is the customary courtesy greeting with which to begin a conversation, and often the salutation with which to end an encounter. It is not a superficial gesture or a mere word, and it is used with all people one meets--young and old, friends and strangers.

In Kannada, the same greeting is Namaskara and Namaskaragalu; in Tamil, Kumpi?u; in Telugu, Dandamu, Dandaalu, Namaskaralu and Pranamamu; in Bengali, Nōmōshkar and Prōn?m; and in Assamese, N?m?skar.

However, there is much more to it than meets the eye. The real meeting between people is the meeting of their minds. When we greet one another with namaste, it means, ‘may our minds meet,' indicated by the folded palms placed before the chest. The bowing down of the head is a gracious form of extending friendship in love, respect and humility.

The most common ways to say greet someone in Italian are:

Ciao (hello; hi [Informal])

Ciao! Is the most common way of saying hello and goodbye informally? You should never use it with someone like a boss or a teacher or anyone else with whom you’re using).

Salve! (Hi; Bye [Formal/Informal])

Che piacere vederti! (How nice it is to see you! [Informal])

Buongiorno! (Hello; Good morning; Goodbye [Formal])

Buona sera! (Hello; Good evening; Goodbye [Formal])

Use the longer Buon giorno and Buona sera in more formal situations, like when you enter a store.

There are also many ways to say goodbye.

·       Arrivederci! (Goodbye! [Informal])

·       Arrivederla! (Goodbye! [Formal])

·       A dopo! (See you later! [Formal/Informal])

·       A presto! (See you soon! [Formal/Informal])

·       A domani! (See you tomorrow! [Formal/Informal])

·       A fra poco. (See you in a bit.)

Cheek kissing is another common type of greeting in Italy, as it is in most European countries. However, in Italy cheek kissing is reserved for greeting people you know well and is less common among men. To avoid bumping noses, the rule is to kiss left cheek first and then the right. When you meet someone for the first time, handshakes are much more common. As you get to know the other person, you move more into cheek-kissing territory.

Asking and replying to “How are you?”

How are you?

How’s it going?

How many times a day do we hear or say these brief greetings at the beginning of our conversations? So many times, in fact, that half the time, we don’t even pay attention. These pleasantries are common in Italy as well. The most common ways to ask how someone is doing are:

·       Come stai? (How are you? [Informal])

·       Come sta? (How are you? [Formal])

Last goodbyes with your friends before you moved or when you left your high school. Think of the good byes with a young colleague, who was always so affectionate. Think of your goodbyes with someone after a breakup. Think about all the goodbyes you had to say to a loved one who was dying.

Good byes are sad. So when it’s time to say goodbye, rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.

We dread goodbyes and rarely know how to move on in a healthy way. Like the end of a chapter, a goodbye asks us to forget the past and embrace the future, but this is definitely not easy.

Goodbye. When put together, you would think that it was a positive ending, due to the combination of their individual meanings. That is not always the case. Goodbye can usually translate to simply “see you later,” but what about when it really means what it sounds like—something just ending, but for good? So instead of “goodbye,” it is “bye for good.”

We have all experienced the “bye for good” form of goodbye, whether it was the ending of a relationship, someone moving, or someone simply exiting your life. Typically, it is in those moments that you will remember your last goodbye with that person. Because memory is a way of holding on to the things or people you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

So for all good byes, we should be positive and hope for the best You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.

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Thank you … WHY NO PHYSICAL CONTACT DURING SAYING NAMASTE?

Against the western culture of shaking hands which facilitates a faster exchange of energies, in Namaste, you only bow down to a person while your hands form a Namaskar Mudra.

This is done because you are bowing down to the spiritual energy within a person, rather than his physical aura. When you do physical contact, negative aura from other people can flow towards you, which does not happen if you say Namaste.

Want to add word or two?

Carpe diem baby. Whoa! And explaining “Aavjo “

It is has been an eventful year for me so far and as I see it, this is not it, yet. I am going to a new place,. Things have changed for the better. Looking forward to the future.

The subject of my farewell was ‘Aavjo’. For many, it may not be obvious as Aavjo in Gujarati means ‘please do come’. But for a non-gujju observer who visits Gujarati friends, this word has come to mean as ‘see you later’ since it is chiefly spoken at the time of leaving someone’s place. And right they are. The Gujarati spirit of aavjo in this context is indeed ‘to take leave’.

Your comment ….?

Saying 'goodbye' is indeed difficult anyway, but one can make it more heartfelt and positive by learning to say it in different languages just so that it brings a smile on the other person's faces.

Au revoir = French

Auf Wiedersehen - German

means “...to see you again"

??????? )LEHITRAOT( = good bye in Hebrew )

And Goodbye in Russian

Пока [pa-KAH] – Bye – an informal way to say goodbye. Used when saying goodbye to friends and family and also anyone whom you address as ты.

До свиданья [duh svee-DAH-nee-ye] – a more formal phrase used when leaving, which means until the next meeting. You can use this phrase when saying goodbye to people whom you address as either ты or вы.

Adios, Hasta luego, tchau, bakka, do zobaczenia wkrótce, sayonara, unga bunga thunga chugs, bye!!!!!!!