じゃった

expression

was; were

Western Japanese dialectal copula past tense, equivalent to standard だった. Also frequently used in anime and dubbed foreign media to characterize elderly speakers.

See also: だった

• 昔むかしはここが畑はたけじゃった。

  Long ago, this was a field.

• アニメでおじいさんが「わしは若わかいころ、強つよい侍さむらいじゃった」と言いった。

  In the anime, the old man said, 'When I was young, I was a strong samurai.'