[{"role": "user", "content": "I've been meaning to learn some basic Italian phrases for an upcoming trip, and I was wondering how to say \"Were you busy?\" in Italian."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's a great phrase to learn! The translation of \"Were you busy?\" in Italian is \"Tu eri impegnato?\". Note that this is the informal form, if you want to use the formal form, you can say \"Lei era impegnato?\" or \"Era impegnato?\" (more common)."}]