[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn Italian and I'm stuck on the sentence 'Tom earned it.' Can you help me translate it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Certo! The translation of 'Tom earned it' in Italian is 'Tom lo guadagn\u00f2.'"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Grazie mille! Can you also tell me when to use 'lo' in a sentence?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "'Lo' is a direct object pronoun in Italian, and it's used to refer to masculine, singular nouns. In the sentence 'Tom lo guadagn\u00f2', 'lo' is used to replace the noun that Tom earned, which is 'it'. So, 'lo' is essentially the direct object of the verb 'guadagn\u00f2'."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That makes sense. What if I wanted to say 'Tom earned them.' instead?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "If you want to say 'Tom earned them', the correct translation would be 'Tom li guadagn\u00f2'. Notice that we use 'li' instead of 'lo', because 'them' is plural. 'Li' is the direct object pronoun for plural, masculine nouns."}]