Amount eaten with 〜分
Grammar Explanation: Amount with 〜分

Sacchan and her friends are tasked with going around and selling excess bananas from her mother’s fruit shop. They offer a banana to a shop owner, and when he eats it, Sacchan says he needs to pay for it. The owner realizes he fell for their trap, but offers to buy a bunch.
- 琴葉:
- 「私
( たちが食( べてる分( も買( うといい」- “You should also buy the amount we're eating.”
- Literal: “It would be good to also buy the portion we are eating.”
- “You should also buy the amount we're eating.”
- おやじ:
- 「まったく。かなわねぇなぁ。わっはっは」
- “Good grief, I'm outclassed. Wahahah!”
- Literal: “Honestly. I can't beat you. Wahaha!”
- “Good grief, I'm outclassed. Wahahah!”
Key Points
1食べてる分( means the amount being eaten
- 食
( べてる is casual for 食( べている. - 分
( turns that action into a quantity: the portion the girls are eating.
2も買( うといい adds that amount too
- も means the shop owner should buy not only the banana he ate, but also theirs.
- 〜といい gives advice.
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