ったらhonestly, that …!
After a person's name, ったら is a sigh about them: "honestly, that …". They have done it again, and you are fed up or fondly amused. At the end of a sentence it is impatience: "I said…".
about a person
Honestly, Misaki's forgotten her wallet again.
About a person
Person + ったら（、+ what they do）
Straight after the name, with no だ: 美咲だったら is "if it were Misaki". The comment often ends in んだから, or is left unsaid.
Insisting
What you have already said + ったら
After a request, an order or a plain statement.
- Said about
- Someone close: family, a partner, a friend, a pet. Said to them or about them. About yourself, it laughs at your own slip.
- Tone
- Fed up, but usually fond. もう often comes in front.
- Where you'll meet it
- Often in dramas, anime and novels, less often in real conversation. After a name it sounds feminine: it is mostly women who say it, in stories and in life. At the end of a sentence, anyone says it.
In use
My dad, honestly. Every time he watches the same film, he cries at the same scene.
Our cat, honestly. She won't sleep anywhere but on my pillow.
That alarm clock, I swear. It always picks my days off to go off.
A thing that lets you down can get the same sigh.
Silly me, I've forgotten my keys again.
I wrote "Good work" on the cake instead of "Congratulations".
Oh, Kenta, honestly!
B stops at ったら. The rest goes without saying.
At the end of a sentence: I said…
You have said it once and it hasn't sunk in. ったら on the end is the impatient second try.
Hurry up, I said!
I told you, I don't know!
Close neighbours
ってばN1
Insists in the same way at the end of a sentence: "I'm telling you".
I'm telling you, it's fine. I checked several times.
ときたらN1
Brings someone up for a complaint, with less fondness in it and nothing feminine about it.
Our section chief, honestly. Right before the meeting he tells us to redo all the materials.
ったらないN2
After a word for a feeling or a quality, ったらない is an outcry about how extreme it is.
The building work next door is unbelievably noisy.
Check yourself
1What is the person feeling?
弟ったら、
Choose an answer to see why.
2What does this mean?
待ってったら。
Choose an answer to see why.
More sentences
Pochi, honestly. He only has to hear the word "walk" and he's off to the front door.
Yumi, honestly. Once she starts laughing, she really can't stop.
This computer, I swear. It freezes just when I need it.