[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to communicate with an Italian friend about Tom's tardiness and I'm stuck on the sentence \"Why is Tom late?\" Can you help me translate it into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of \"Why is Tom late?\" in Italian is: Perch\u00e9 Tom \u00e8 in ritardo?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Grazie mille! I really appreciate the help. If I wanted to respond to my friend saying \"He's late because he overslept\", how would I say that in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You're welcome! If you want to say \"He's late because he overslept\", the translation in Italian is: \"\u00c8 in ritardo perch\u00e9 ha dormito troppo\"."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's really helpful. What if I want to tell my friend that Tom is running late and will probably be 30 minutes late to our meeting? How do I say that in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You can say: \"Tom \u00e8 in ritardo e probabilmente arriver\u00e0 con 30 minuti di ritardo alla nostra riunione\"."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's perfect, thank you! One last thing, how do I apologize to my friend for the inconvenience caused by Tom's tardiness?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You can say: \"Mi scuso per il disagio causato dal ritardo di Tom\"."}]