[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm studying Italian and I came across the sentence 'It belonged to Tom.' Can you please help me translate it into Italian so I can better understand the grammar and vocabulary used in this context?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'It belonged to Tom' in Italian is 'Apparteneva a Tom.' This sentence uses the verb 'appartenere,' which means 'to belong,' in the imperfect tense to indicate past ownership or relationship."}]