I'm sorry for your loss = Συλλυπητήρια

[Theseus]

American cliche used in sympathy to one who has suffered a bereavement. What would the appropriate Greek expression be. In English we tend to say ' I'm sorry to hear of your bereavement. You are in our thoughts and prayers' or some such expression.

 

[Marinos]

I think συλλυπητήρια is fine, both formally and informally.

 

[Palavra]

There is also «ζωή σε σας» (life to you) «να ζήσετε να τον/την θυμάστε» (that you live long and remember him/her [i.e. the deceased]), which are both a wish of longevity to the dead person's family and very close friends.

 

[Marinos]

«Ζωή σε σας» used to be «ζωή σε λόγου σας» (the meaning is exactly the same), which now remains, I think, mainly as a playful expression (-«Πέθανε και ο Χ κορακοζώητος/διάσημος» - «Ε, ζωή σε λόγου μας» [=«Ε, και τι να κάνω εγώ τώρα;»]).

 

[drsiebenmal]

Η πλάκα είναι ότι το "συμπάσχω μαζί σου", που strictly speaking είναι λάθος (έχει και συν και μαζί, κάτι σαν την Αστυνομία Πόλεων και πολλά άλλα τέτοια) έχει μπόλικες γκουγκλιές.