[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm learning Italian and I was wondering, how would you say 'Were you sick?' in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In Italian, you would say 'Tu eri malata?' to ask a female, or 'Tu eri malato?' to ask a male. However, if you want to use the formal form, you would say 'Lei era malata?' for a female and 'Lei era malato?' for a male."}]