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How to say Oh, you shouldn't have.
in Thai
เกรงใจจัง
greeng-jai jang
Oh, you shouldn't have. · literally “I feel bad troubling you”
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
- Where
- social
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ไม่ต้องเกรงใจmâi dtâawng greeng-jaiDon't be silly, it's no trouble.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
เกรงใจ: the feeling that runs Thai social life
Words inside it
From the same situation: Feelings and the ใจ words
- ชอบto like
- รักto love
- อยากto want to (do)
- อยากได้to want (a thing)
- ไม่ค่อยnot very, not really
- ง่วงsleepy
- เบื่อbored, fed up
- สนุกfun
All 62 words and phrases in “Feelings and the ใจ words” →
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