A Phone Is Sitting Alone on a Table in Tokyo. It Is Not Lost. It Is a Fence.
To say Sorry, this seat's taken in Japanese, say 席、取ってるんです (seki, totteru n desu).
There is a phone sitting alone on a table in a Tokyo food court. Nobody is watching it. It is not lost.
席、取ってるんです
seki, totteru n desu
Sorry, this seat's taken
In this video
- すみません、ここ、取ってるんです。 sumimasen, koko, totteru n desu. Sorry, this seat's taken.
- すみません、その席、取ってるんです。 sumimasen, sono seki, totteru n desu. Sorry, that seat's taken.
- かばんがあったら、そこは誰かの席です。 kaban ga attara, soko wa dareka no seki desu. If there's a bag there, that seat belongs to someone.
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