Grab a seat for me

Silver

Silver

Senior Member
Chongqing
Chinese,Cantonese,Sichuan dialect
Hi,

My friends and I were supposed to go to a local English club but there were so many people. I asked my friend:

Grad a seat for me.

I wonder if it’s idiomatic.
 
    • "Go and get me a chair." means go there, pick up a chair, and bring it back here for me." Are you sure that's what you mean?
     
    Myridon said:
    "Go and get me a chair." means go there, pick up a chair, and bring it back here for me." Are you sure that's what you mean?
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    No. I wanted him to go there and occupy a seat for me, I would be there later and sit there.

    What can I say?
     
    Silver said:
    No. I wanted him to go there and occupy a seat for me, I would be there later and sit there.

    What can I say?
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    I'd say "Save a seat for me" if I want him to keep other people from sitting in the chair that you will sit in. But I don't understand the situation. You and he need two seats (one each). Is he occupying both of them at once?
     
    Roxxxannne said:
    Is he occupying both of them at once?
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    Yes, it's quite common here in China. One can not only occupy seats but tables or parking spaces if one wants to.

    My friend went there first and he put his backpack on the chair and then I went there to sit there.
     
    Oh, that's exactly what we commonly do in the US -- coat, backpack, a book, anything that makes the chair no longer empty.
    No cultural difference there! :)

    When you said 'occupy the seat' I thought you meant 'sit in the seat,' and as I said it is difficult to sit in two seats at once.
     
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