What is 死んだってなるもんか


From a manga. A guy wants a girl to become his property. She retorts:

> あんたみたいな奴のものになんか (new bubble) 死んだってなるもんか！！

I get that she doesn't want to.

I think the translation might be something like "The property of someone like
you?! I'd rather die!"

I'm puzzled by the construction of 死んだってなるもんか. I know that もんか is like a
rhetoric question. Is Vだって the "even if" たって? How does that sentence work?




Yes, 死んだって just means "even if I (must) die", which is inserted between ものに
and なる. (～に)なる here is a plain verb, "to become". The sentence makes perfect
sense without this clause:

> あんたみたいな奴のものになんか **なる** もんか!!  
>  I won't **become** (such a thing as) the property of someone like you!




Yes, 死んだって just means "even if I (must) die", which is inserted between ものに
and なる. (～に)なる here is a plain verb, "to become". The sentence makes perfect
sense without this clause:

> あんたみたいな奴のものになんか **なる** もんか!!  
>  I won't **become** (such a thing as) the property of someone like you!

