Meaning of てば in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level てば, ってば

Romaji teba, tteba

Parts of speech

particle

Meaning

indicates emotional closeness or annoyance with someone
Parts of speech

Meaning

indicates an indirect command by expressing annoyance (in sentence-final position)

Examples of , てば, ってば in a sentence

そこらへんは、男子と女子とでは違うんだってば。

Obviously that's different for men and women.
しーっ、聞こえちゃうってば。

Shhh, she'll hear you!
あー言えば、こーゆー。里香ってばそんなヤツだ。文句の言い合いで勝てるわけない。

You say po-tah-to I say po-tay-to. Rika is just that sort of girl. There's no way to win a battle of words with her.
あっ、赤くなった。陸くんてば可愛いっ！！ふふふっ。

Ah-you've gone all red. Riku - that's so cute!! Ha-haha.

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