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What a pity!

Catalan Quina llàstima!
Chinese (transliterated) Zhen kelian!
Croatian Kakva steta!
Danish Hvor er det!/Ærgeligt!
Dutch Hoe jammer!
French Quel dommage!
German Wie schade!
Hebrew (transliterated) Haval!
Hungarian De kár!
Italian Che peccato!
Japanese (transliterated) (not available)
Korean (transliterated) Yugam imnida!
Lithuanian Kaip gaila!
Modern Greek (transliterated) Krima!
Norwegian Så synd!/Sa sørgelig!
Persian Afsoos!
Polish Szkoda!
Portuguese Què pena!
Russian (transliterated) Kakaia zhalost'!
Serbian (transliterated) Kakva steta!/Zao mi je!
Spanish ¡Qué pena!
Swedish Så synd!
Tagalog Kawawá naman!
Turkish Ne yazik!
Vietnamese Toi nghiep!
Yiddish (transliterated) A shod!

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