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〜ったら・〜ってば

honestly, (person)!; I told you!

Noun + ったら (exasperated topic) · Sentence + ってば / ったら (insistence)

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ったら and ってば are casual particles full of feeling.

After a person, ったら marks an exasperated or affectionate complaint: もう、お母さんったら、勝手に部屋に入らないでよ, "honestly, Mum, don't just come into my room!". It's the casual cousin of ときたら.

At the end of a sentence, ってば (or ったら) insists impatiently, when you've already said something: 分かったってば, "I said I get it!", or 早く行こうってば, "come on, let's go!".

Both come from という plus a conditional, "if I say…". They're spoken, informal and common in anime, manga and family conversation.

Don't confuse them with plain って, which quotes or means "called".

Examples

  • もう、お母かあさんったら、勝手かってに部屋へやに入はいらないでよ。

    Honestly, Mum, don't just come into my room!

  • 分わかったってば。今いまやるから。

    I said I get it! I'm doing it now.

  • 早はやく行いこうってば。

    Come on, let's go!

  • うちの子こったら、また宿題しゅくだいを忘わすれたのよ。

    Honestly, my kid's forgotten his homework again.

  • 大丈夫だいじょうぶだってば。心配しんぱいしないで。

    I told you, I'm fine. Don't worry.

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