Sympathy expression is an expression or feeling of pity and sorrow when we know and see someone or people are unlucky or have trouble and in bad condition. By expressing sympathy we want to show our concern or carefulness on other people’s condition.
How can we give sympathy expression to someone?
We express it directly to him / her orally or we can use a letter or card by post also by short message service (SMS), e-mail, television, radio, newspaper if he / she who got the trouble is far from us.
This is some expressions of sympathy :
v I’m sorry to hear that
v I’m awfully sorry about…
v Oh’ awful!
v Oh, dear!
v Oh, what a shame.
v How pity you are!
v I’m sorry for what happened.
v Look! This is not the end of the world.
v Oh, no!
v I know how it feels.
v How terrible / awful for you.
Example of dialogue that expression sympathy in a certain situation ;
Aisy : Hi Ayu, will you join us to the beach?
Ayu : I’d love to, but my parents don’t let me go.
Aisy : That’s a pity you are. But it’s O.K. You can join us another time.
