Greetings 2

If you greet someone properly then people think you are polite and cultured. Otherwise you might come across as a rude and disrespectful person.

Depending on the time of the day, we should use different greetings.

1. Good morning.
It should be used only before 12pm.
In Hindi it means "aapki subhah shubh rahe ya shubh hai/ho."
In Hindi its just 'namaste'.
'Good' means 'accha/shubh' in Hindi.

2. Good afternoon.
It should be used between 12pm to 4pm.

3. Good evening.
It should be used between 4pm to up till late night.

4. Good night.
In Hindi its literal translation 'shubh ratri'.
It is also used at the end of conversation.

5. Good day.
It is a multipurpose and versatile greeting.
It means 'shubh din'.
e.g. good day sir/mam.
e.g. thank you and good day.
'Good day' can be used in the morning, afternoon or in the evening. But not after sunset.

All of the above 5 greetings are used to greet people formally.

Among friends only 'hi'/'hello' can be used.
But in formal conversation it should be like:
e.g. Hi/hello, good morning/afternoon/evening/day.

Okay, good night.