dipendevi

Dipendevi is the second-person singular imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb dipendere, meaning you depended or you used to depend. It expresses habitual or past dependence on something or someone and is commonly used in narrative or descriptive contexts to describe how circumstances influenced a person in the past.

Etymology and form: dipendere comes from Latin dependere (de- “from, away” + pendere “to hang”), originally indicating hanging down or being subordinate to something. In the imperfect tense, dipendere follows a regular -ere verb pattern: io dipendevo, tu dipendevi, lui/lei dipendeva, noi dipendevamo, voi dipendevate, loro dipendevano. The form dipendevi precisely marks the second-person singular in a past, repeated, or habitual sense.

Usage notes: dipendevi is typically used with da to indicate the source of dependence, as in dipendevi dal tempo, dipendevi dalla tua scelta, or dipendevi da come ti comportavi. It can convey conditions or factors that determined outcomes in the past, or describe a state that changed with circumstances. While common in literary or spoken Italian, it is less likely to appear in formal, present-tense descriptions, where other tenses or constructions are preferred.

See also: dipendere, the base verb; dipende, the present tense form; conjugation of -ere verbs in Italian.