[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to express a difficult situation to an Italian friend, can you help me translate the sentence 'Tom ruined my life' into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'Tom ruined my life' in Italian is 'Tom mi ha rovinato la vita.'"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's perfect, thank you! What if I want to say it in a more formal way, is the translation the same?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, the translation 'Tom mi ha rovinato la vita' is suitable for both formal and informal conversations. However, if you want to emphasize the formality, you could use the same sentence as it is already quite direct and clear."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I appreciate your help. Is there a way to say it in the past historic tense, just in case I need it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In Italian, the past historic tense is not commonly used in modern language, especially in spoken Italian. The sentence 'Tom mi ha rovinato la vita' already uses the present perfect tense, which is 'ha rovinato', indicating an action that happened in the past and has a connection to the present. This is the most natural way to express the idea in Italian."}]