[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to explain my wardrobe mishap to an Italian friend, but I'm not fluent - how would I say 'I ripped my pants' in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Don't worry, I'm here to help! The correct translation of 'I ripped my pants' in Italian is 'Mi sono strappato i pantaloni.'"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's really helpful, thank you! So, if I want to say it in the past tense, would it still be 'Mi sono strappato i pantaloni'?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, that's correct! 'Mi sono strappato i pantaloni' is the correct way to say 'I ripped my pants' in the past tense in Italian. The phrase'mi sono strappato' is in the present perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past."}]