[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn some basic phrases for an Italian cooking class, and I was wondering, how would you translate 'I saw you cooking' into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'I saw you cooking' in Italian is 'La vidi cucinare.' However, please note that 'La vidi cucinare' is in the formal form and is used to address someone you don't know well or as a sign of respect. If you're addressing a friend or someone you're familiar with, you might use 'Ti ho visto cucinare' for male and 'Ti ho vista cucinare' for female, which are more informal."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's really helpful, thank you. What if I want to say 'I saw him cooking' or 'I saw her cooking', how would I translate those?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "For 'I saw him cooking', the translation would be 'L'ho visto cucinare', and for 'I saw her cooking', it would be 'L'ho vista cucinare'. Remember, the verb conjugation and the use of 'lo' for males and 'la' for females are important for accurate translation."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I appreciate the clarification. One more thing, how about 'I saw them cooking', for both masculine and feminine plurals?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "For 'I saw them cooking', whether the group is all males, all females, or mixed, you would use 'Li ho visti cucinare' for masculine or a mixed group, and 'Le ho viste cucinare' for a group of all females. This covers the plural forms for both genders."}]