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I'm still learning. This is Goku tied to a tree in first chapter of DB.
Translated as: "She should've said it earlier".
Can someone give me a literal translation? Something is preventing me from parsing the sentence right and I think it could provide me the missing link for understanding.
だったら = If that's the case
はやく = soon
いやあ = No / why
いい = say
のに = although
いやあ = No / why
いい = say
いやあ here is a colloquial pronunciation of [言]{い}えば, which is the conditional form (仮定形) of the verb 言う.
いい is [良]{い}い.
はやくいやあいいのに
means
[早]{はや}く[言]{い}えばいいのに。
literally "though it would be good if (she) said soon"
→ (She) should have said it earlier.
