[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn a few key phrases in Italian, and I'd love to know how to say 'Tom heard it' in Italian."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's a great phrase to know! The translation of 'Tom heard it' in Italian is 'Tom l'ha sentita.'"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Can you explain to me why the verb'sentita' is used in this sentence instead of just'sentito'?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In Italian, the verb'sentire' (to hear) is conjugated differently when the subject is feminine or when the object is feminine. In this case,'sentita' is used because 'it' is a feminine object, even though it's a neutral pronoun in English."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That makes sense, thank you for clarifying! Can you give me an example of when I would use'sentito' instead of'sentita'?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "If you wanted to say 'Tom heard it' but 'it' was referring to a masculine object, you would use'sentito'. For example, if you said 'Tom heard the music', you would say 'Tom ha sentito la musica'."}]