Mail from a friend
I wanted to make sure my friend in Nagoya was OK on the count of the typhoon that recently hit there, so I sent her an e-mail. She responded:

私ゎ大丈夫
だけどニュースみてると亡くなった人多いみたい
今の台風ゎ名古屋市でもいっぱぃ雨降ったからね
もういないけど

I want to say back to her something like "It is good (I am glad) your ok, but it is terrible news hearing people have died.."

I'm thinking of saying back to her:

そうか
（○○は大丈夫だって）よかった。
だけど、ニュースはとても大変ね。

Should I include the part in the parentheses? Or say it differently all together?

Question

Mail from a friend
I wanted to make sure my friend in Nagoya was OK on the count of the typhoon that recently hit there, so I sent her an e-mail. She responded:

私ゎ大丈夫
だけどニュースみてると亡くなった人多いみたい
今の台風ゎ名古屋市でもいっぱぃ雨降ったからね
もういないけど

I want to say back to her something like "It is good (I am glad) your ok, but it is terrible news hearing people have died.."

I'm thinking of saying back to her:

そうか
（○○は大丈夫だって）よかった。
だけど、ニュースはとても大変ね。

Should I include the part in the parentheses? Or say it differently all together?

Answer

「○○が大丈夫でよかった」would be good. Otherwise it's not clear what you feel good for.

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