I’M SORRY (FOR YOUR LOSS)
1) American Sign Language:
2) French: Je suis désolé
(Zhuh swee DAY-zoe-LAY)
3) German: Ich bin erbärmlich (fur Ihren Verlust)
(Eekh bin air-BAIRM-leekh feur Ear-en fair-LOOST)
4) Hmong: I am sorry your baby died.
Kuv tu siab uas koj tus me nyuam mos tau tas sim neej lawm
(Goo too shea wa ga do mae youah mau tau ta she nang’ lau)
5) Italian: Mi dispiace
(Me diss pee AH chay)
6) Yiddish: Hamakom yinakhem et-khem b’toch sha’ar av’lei
tziyon vee-rushalayim. (May you be comforted along with all
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem)
(Hah-mah-KOHM yee-nah-KHEM et-khem buh-TOKH
shah-AHR ahv-LAY tzee-OHN vee-roo-shah-LIE-yeem)
7) Spanish: Lo siento (por su pérdida)
[Low-see-EN-toe (pore sue PEAR-dee-dah)]
“Lo siento” is enough by itself, and has the advantage
that it’s easy to say.
8) Ho Chunk Nation: Wanigityera Nackera hitecsa
(Literal translation: For the one who is dead, it makes our
heart ache)
(Wanee git ay-tah, Nawch kayta he-dayk chaw)