[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn Italian and I'm stuck on the sentence 'Listen to Tom.' Can you help me translate it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Certo, I'd be happy to help. The translation of 'Listen to Tom' in Italian is 'Ascolti Tom'."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's really helpful, thanks. Why is the verb 'to listen' translated as 'Ascolti' instead of 'Ascolto'?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In Italian, when translating imperatives like 'listen to Tom', the verb is conjugated in the formal form, even if the subject is informal, like a friend. That's why we use 'Ascolti' instead of 'Ascolto'."}]