[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn Italian and I'm stuck on the sentence 'Tom wasn't OK'. Can you help me translate it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Certo, I'd be happy to help! The translation of 'Tom wasn't OK' in Italian is 'Tom non stava bene.'"}, {"role": "user", "content": "What does 'non stava bene' mean exactly? Is it a common way to say that someone wasn't feeling well?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "'Non stava bene' is a common way to say that someone wasn't feeling well, but it's a bit more specific. 'Non stava' is the negation of'stava', which is the imperfect tense of the verb'stare', meaning 'to be'. So, 'non stava bene' literally means 'he wasn't being well', implying that Tom's condition was temporary or not severe. If you want to say that someone is ill or sick, you might use 'Tom era malato' or 'Tom si ammal\u00f2'."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see, so it's like saying 'he wasn't doing well' in English?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Exactly! 'Non stava bene' is a more polite and gentle way to say that someone wasn't feeling well, similar to 'he wasn't doing well' in English. It's a good phrase to use when you want to express concern for someone's well-being without being too blunt."}]