[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to be more open about my self-perception and I'd like to express this thought in Italian - how would I translate the sentence 'I know I'm ugly' into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's a great step towards self-awareness! The translation of 'I know I'm ugly' in Italian is 'So di essere brutta' if you're a female, or 'So di essere brutto' if you're a male."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see, so it changes depending on the speaker's gender. What if I wanted to say it in a more general sense, without referring to my own gender?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In that case, you could say 'So di essere brutto' as a more general, neutral translation, although it's worth noting that 'brutto' has a masculine connotation. Another option is to use the phrase 'So di non essere attraente', which focuses more on the lack of attractiveness rather than specifically using the word 'brutto'."}]