“Depended on” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Depended on” (the verb, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) 3ammalt

(You) 3ammalt

(You, plural) 3ammaltou

(He) 3ammal

(She) 3ammlet

(We) 3ammalna

(They) 3ammlou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عمّلت (I)

عمّلت (You)

عمّلتو (You, plural)

عمّل (He)

عمّلت (She)

عمّلنا (We)

عمّلو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I depended too much on him.”

3ammalt 3lih barcha.

.عمّلت عليه برشا

 

“I didn’t depend on him.”

Ma 3ammaltech 3lih.

.ما عمّلتش عليه

 

“My decision depended on a few factors.”

3ammalt 3la chwaya 7ajet ki khdhit 9arari.

.عمّلت على شوية حاجات كي خذيت قراري

 

“Did you depend on her too much?”

3ammalt 3liha barcha?

عمّلت عليها برشا؟

 

“Did you two depend on each other too much?”

3ammaltou 3la b3adhkom barcha?

عمّلتو على بعضكم برشا؟

 

“I depended on the house to have heat.”

3ammalt 3la edar bbech tkou chauffeé.

عمّلت على الدار بش تكون شوفاي؟

 

“We depended on you.”

3ammalna 3lik.

.عمّلنا عليك

 

“A big part of history depended on that battle.”

Partie kbira mel terikh 3ammlet 3al ma3rka heki.

.بارتي كبيرة مالتاريخ عمّلت عالمعركة هاكي

 

“Those companies depended on a subsidy from the government.”

El chariket hedhom 3ammlou 3la i3fe2 dharibi mel 7oukouma.

.الشركات هاذم عمّلو عالاعفاء الضريبي مالحكومة