[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to express a heartfelt sentiment in Italian, could you help me translate the sentence 'You were my friend' into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'You were my friend' in Italian is 'Lei era mia amica.' If you want to use the informal form, you can say 'Tu eri mio amico' for a male friend or 'Tu eri mia amica' for a female friend."}]