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Translation

• Context: upon returning home with Ayase Fuuka 綾瀬風香: Yotsuba finds a note from his father saying that he went to the store and that she should take care of the house while he's away. Learning this, Fuuka says:
• yoshi!
  よし！
  Alright!
• jaa oneechan mo {issho ni} rusuban shite-ageyou
  じゃあお姉ちゃんも一緒に留守番してあげよう
  Then [I]'ll [stay here] {together [with you]}..
  • oneechan - "older sister," also a way to refer to young women not related to you, and used by them to refer to themselves, too.
  • rusuban - "stay-at-home duty," in the sense of someone leaving home, and someone else staying there to take care of the house.
  • ~te-ageyou - volitional form of ~te-ageru ～てあげる, [to do something] for [someone else]."
• pon
  ぽん
  *head tap*
• honto ka!?
  ホントか！？
  Really?
  • honto - same hontou 本当, with long vowel shortened.
    (change in pronunciation.)