Meaning of adj-なるときゃなる


> 「盲腸なんて、年にかかわらず、痛くなるときゃ **なる** んだ。」  
>  For things like appendicitis, regardless of age, when it gets painful ???

I don't understand what the second なる is referring to in this sentence. Is it
just an abbreviation of 痛くなるときは痛くなる, reinforcing that pain is not related to
age? I can't think what else it could be.




You're perfectly correct, it's 痛くなるときは痛くなる. The expression implies you cannot
predict or control when it hurts, similarly to the English saying "what will
happen will happen".




You're perfectly correct, it's 痛くなるときは痛くなる. The expression implies you cannot
predict or control when it hurts, similarly to the English saying "what will
happen will happen".

