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.”
- 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!”
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.
Vocabulary
食べる (To eat)
食べる means to eat or consume food.
See Also
- Grammar: Amount with 〜分
- Grammar: Ongoing actions and resulting states with 〜ている
- Grammar: Hoping with 〜といい
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
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