だったらはやくいやあいいのに DB

Question

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

Related: [eba-to-ya contraction](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12524/5010) — naruto, Feb 04 '20 at 06:24
^ あらま！「いや」「言えば」で検索してしまったから、見つけられなかったわ・・ — Chocolate, Feb 04 '20 at 06:27
Goku is meant to be a country bumpkin and says a lot of things in a nonstandard way. — Casey, Feb 04 '20 at 16:19

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '20 at 06:23

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.

だったらはやくいやあいいのに DB

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