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~ってば / ~ったら: meaning, usage and examples

~ってば / ~ったら means: I said...! / I'm telling you! (insistence); X-ったら: honestly, X... (exasperation).

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. もう、聞きいてるってば!

   I'm listening, I tell you!

2. 彼かれったら、また遅刻ちこくしたのよ。

   Honestly, he was late again.

3. 大丈夫だいじょうぶだってば。一人ひとりで帰かえれるから。

   I told you, I'm fine. I can get home by myself.

4. お母かあさんったら、また私わたしの部屋へやを勝手かってに片付かたづけたの。

   Honestly, Mom cleaned up my room again without asking.

When to use it

Two casual uses. At the end of a sentence, ってば / ったら repeat something the speaker has already said, with irritation: もう分わかったってば (I said I get it!). After a person's name, ったら raises them as a topic with mild exasperation: 父ちちったら、また眼鏡めがねをなくした (honestly, my dad lost his glasses again).

Nuance

Very casual spoken Japanese, used with family and close friends; never in business or writing. ってば at the end shows impatience because the listener is not listening. The topic ったら can sound affectionate as well as annoyed. ったら also attaches to calls: 田中たなかさんったら! (Mr. Tanaka, hey!).

Compare

ときたら is the standard pattern for complaining about a topic: うちの兄あにときたら、いつも遅刻ちこくだ. 兄あにったら is lighter and more casual. At sentence end, compare よ: 行いくよ (I am going) vs 行いくってば (I told you, I am going!). ってば is と言いえば shortened, so it always means "I already said".

Tip: ってば means "I already said...!" Learn 分わかったってば and 大丈夫だいじょうぶだってば, the two phrases you will hear most often in anime and daily talk.