ってんだ with imperative


To describe the context...Girl A and a boy arrange to go to an amusement park
to find some clues about...something. Or that's what she says to him, but the
girl is actually tricking the boy into going on a date with her. With this in
mind, the boy then goes to girl B and asks her to come to the amusement park
as well, thinking that she might help. He doesn't explain the situation, so
girl B thinks that he is asking her out on a date. They all meet at the
amusement park and the girls get upset because there are 3 people when there
should only be 2 and they don't want to talk anymore. The boy goes to buy some
juice.

So now, girl B complains to the other girl: あいつはクズよ！！今日だってもう少し説明しろってのよ！！ At
the same time, the boy, now alone, talks to himself:
早く家に帰ってゲームしたいのに・・・さっさと話し合いしろってんだ。

To me it feels like the sentences would translate as "He is garbage!! Today
too, **I mean** , explain a little more, damn it!!" and "Even though I want to
get back home sooner and play games... **I mean** , get talking already." So
then, is the subject of ってんだ the speaker?

Someone told me that it's actually similar to というのは but I don't understand how
it is possible when the imperative is used.




`ってのよ` can be expanded into `と言っているのよ` and `ってんだ` into `と言っているのだ`. (Although
normally I would expect the first one spelled as `ってんのよ`.)

What happens here is the pretty standard `と言って` → `って` contraction combined
with `るの` → `の` → `ん`.

For translation, I'd probably put something like "I'm telling (you/him)!" or
"I say!". Or even nothing, just phrase it so it's obviously an imperative
phrase directed towards another party.




`ってのよ` can be expanded into `と言っているのよ` and `ってんだ` into `と言っているのだ`. (Although
normally I would expect the first one spelled as `ってんのよ`.)

What happens here is the pretty standard `と言って` → `って` contraction combined
with `るの` → `の` → `ん`.

For translation, I'd probably put something like "I'm telling (you/him)!" or
"I say!". Or even nothing, just phrase it so it's obviously an imperative
phrase directed towards another party.

