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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?
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What is 死んだってなるもんか
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!
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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！！

It's wordier and in reverse order (for more emphasis) in the original Japanese
but it boils down to, "I'd rather be dead than be someone like YOU!!"
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