[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn Italian and I came across the phrase 'I'm dead serious.' Can you help me with a more literal translation of that in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The phrase 'I'm dead serious' is an idiomatic expression, but a more literal translation in Italian would be 'Io sono serissimo' for a male speaker or 'Io sono serissima' for a female speaker. However, 'Io sono serissimo/a' is more of a literal translation of 'dead serious'. A more natural way to express 'I'm dead serious' in Italian would be 'Io sono serissimo' or 'Sono molto serio' for a male or 'Sono molto seria' for a female, but 'Io sono serissimo/a' is the closest translation."}]