ฉัน เกรงใจ เพราะ พวก เขา ต้อนรับ เรา ดี ค่ะ

Questions & Answers about ฉัน เกรงใจ เพราะ พวก เขา ต้อนรับ เรา ดี ค่ะ

What exactly does เกรงใจ mean, and why is it translated as "reluctant to impose"?
เกรงใจ is a very common Thai cultural concept. It literally combines เกรง (to be in awe of / fear) and ใจ (heart). It means being considerate, not wanting to bother someone, or feeling bad about accepting their help. Here, the speaker feels bad about being a burden because the hosts are being so nice.
If I wanted to practice this lesson's grammar and say "they usually welcome us well", where would มักจะ go in this sentence?
You would place มักจะ right before the main verb of that clause, which is ต้อนรับ (to welcome). The phrase would become พวก เขา มักจะ ต้อนรับ เรา ดี (they usually welcome us well).
I learned that เขา means "he" or "she". Why is it translated as "they" here?
By itself, เขา usually means "he" or "she". Adding the group word พวก in front of a pronoun makes it plural. So, พวก เขา specifically means "they" (a group of them).
Is ดี acting as an adjective ("good") or an adverb ("well") here?
In Thai, adjectives can often be used directly as adverbs without changing their form. Here, ดี placed at the end of the clause modifies the verb ต้อนรับ (to welcome), so it translates to the adverb "well" rather than the adjective "good".

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