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I'm confused about the parts in bold in the sentence below:

> 山田みたいに、ぜんぜん勉強しなくて **いいやって**
> 、わりきれるわけじゃないわりにはそれほど勉強しないし、怒られても気にしない性格じゃないし...すごく **いやだなって**
> 思ってるのに、ついつい怒られているよ...ああ、最悪の人生だね。
>
> Like 山田, I don't study at all **???** It doesn't mean that I'm satisfied
> with not studying that much, and I'm not the sort of person who doesn't care
> about making people angry... **even though I think it's really unpleasant**
> ... unintentionally making people angry ... it's the worst life (my
> translation attempt)

My best guess at what いいやって means is "play well and..." but shouldn't that be
よくやって?

As for すごくいやだなって, I'm assuming って is the quote marker for 思う. And いやだな is just
いやだ (it's unpleasant) with a な on the end for emphasis.

Also, my translation of "even though" for のに seems a bit incongruous.

Please explain any errors I have made.
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Help understanding いいやって and いやだなって
As for the part of `ぜんぜん勉強しなくていいやって`, `って` is the quote mark, same as
`いやだなって思ってる`. `いいや` can be divided into `いい` and `や`. `いい` has a meaning of `I
don't mind`, and `や` is just an auxiliary verb. Therefore, the translation of
`ぜんぜん勉強しなくていいやって` will be `I don't mind if I do not study at all`.

As for `すごくいやだなって`, your guess is completely correct.

My translation is:

Not like 山田, I can not consider studying as trivial matters. But, considering
this, I do not study that much, and I am not the person who do not care about
getting scolded... I feel getting scold is very undesirable, but I somehow
being scolded... it's the worst life.
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I think the や in question here is just colloquial/kansai-ben for だ. It doesn't
really have anything to do with やる.
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I'll elaborate on the いいや.

From [大辞林](http://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/japanese/?itemid=DJR_ya_-130):

> ### や
>
> ㊃（終助）② 軽く言い放つような気持ち，または，なげやりな気持ちを表す。  
>  「まあ，いい **や** 」 「今さらどうしようもない **や** 」

The `〜や` adds an “oh well” or a “whatever” kind of sentiment. You use it like
you would use `〜よ`, but **to yourself** and with a sense of resignation.

いい can sometimes be safely translated to “don't mind”, but perhaps it would be
easier to just think of it as an “okay”:

> A: ここ座って **いい** ？ _(Is it okay if I sit here?)_  
>  B: **いい** よ _(Okay)_

Then, when you're telling **yourself** that something is okay, you might say:

> このベンチ汚いけど座っていいかな？ **いいや** 、座っちゃおう。  
>  _This bench is dirty, is it okay if I sit? Okay, what the heck, I'll sit._
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