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GRENG JAI (เกรงใจ) – Thai Culture

This term deserves it own space. There are various articles online trying to describe this single word. It is important to understand that in order to know why Thai’s think and act the way that they do. Thai’s don’t like to be a burden or trouble to someone else, they want to avoid the problem/hassle. Let’s say that you are offering them a glass of cold water because you can see they are feeling hot, they will rather say no, because they know you have to all the way to the fridge and fill up the glass. So they want to “spare you” the hassle of doing it for them. When you are offering snacks from your home country to a group of Thai’s, some of them feel greng jai and probably will pass the bag. Though, today the greng jai is fading more out, but is still a major reasons why Thai’s act like they do as it is imprinted in their blueprint.

Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: GRENG JAI (เกรงใจ), Karaoke, Thai Greetings & Slang.

Sources

https://www.thaiguide.dk/download/Straight-To-The-Point-Emil-Vohlert.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0yoUAagls_67jPH-dCdHquWbtiBEtGL7YJlwDBpBbCYdffvec2onbK3wg

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