[{"role": "user", "content": "If I wanted to tell someone in Italy that I finished a novel, how would I say 'I read a book' in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "To say 'I read a book' in Italian, you would say 'Io lessi un libro.' However, if you want to convey that you finished reading a novel, a more common way to say it would be 'Ho finito di leggere un libro' or 'Ho letto un libro'."}]