遊ばにゃ損なってなもんだろうがおう！

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...遊ばにゃ損なってなもんだろうがおう！

遊ばにゃ (or にや) - can't understand what the verb form is used here...

損なって - "failing", that seems clear

なもん - have no idea how to decipher this one...

だろうがおう！"can do it" or "let's do it" and exclamation おう, depends on the previous context, as I understand?

I feel like I'm missing something... the sentence doesn't really make sense if 損なって is そこなって. If 損 is そん, I would say 遊ばにゃ損ってなもんだろうが. Can you provide more context? — dainichi, Mar 26 '12 at 05:07
@dainichi-san, Right, 遊ばにゃ損'な'ってなもんだろうが sounds so awkward. I'd say 遊ばにゃ損ってなもんだろうが too. — , Mar 26 '12 at 18:06

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 24 '20 at 03:40

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I think the individual parts of it are:

unless one plays/unless one has fun/unless one enjoys oneself

loss/disadvantage

(mainly for emphasis, I don't think it changes the meaning much here)

I think

though

(an exclamation, sometimes translated as "oh!" or "hey!" etc)

...遊ばにゃ損ってなもんだろうがおう！
...遊ばなければ損というようなものでしょうがおう！
...It's a loss if you don't enjoy yourself I think though. Alright!

I think that translation loses a lot of the feel of the original colloquial text though.

EDIT: For the time being, I've assumed the "な" was a typo. Also hopefully fixed the exclamation part.

edited Nov 24 '20 at 03:40

chocolate

answered Mar 25 '12 at 23:44

cypher

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Above, you are glossing 損なって as son + natte. This is the verb sokonau. Hence, sokonatte. – Dono Mar 26 '12 at 05:26
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@Dono maybe, but "sokonau" didn't make a lot of sense to me here... – cypher Mar 26 '12 at 05:29
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@Dono, if you're able to parse the sentence with 損なって as そこなって, please explain. I personally lean towards believing that 損って was corrected to 損なって because somebody thought it was an おくりがな error – dainichi Mar 26 '12 at 05:40
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The おう is an exclamation. It's not がおう, but 「~~てなもんだろうが」+「おう」. – Mar 26 '12 at 18:08
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@Chocolate Thanks for the correction! I was wondering if that was an exclamation last night, but I thought it would've had a comma or something between it, e.g. "が、おう！". I should read some more Manga ^^ – cypher Mar 26 '12 at 22:15
@cypher-san, Haha you wouldn't have to read more manga~~. Right, I too think there should be a comma. This is manga so its style tends to be so free and original I guess... – Mar 27 '12 at 07:33

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