sat or seated

[Peterrobertini7]

I would appeciate the natives which verb is more proper in these sentences :
The students are seated in their chairs
The students are sat in their chairs
I'm sat in my chair
I'm seated in my chair

Both verbs To sit and to seat are transitives

are there any rules to choose ones over the others? or both are correct?

Thanks

 

[Dimcl]

I would appeciate the natives which verb is more proper in these sentences :
The students are seated in their chairs
The students are sat in their chairs
I'm sat in my chair
I'm seated in my chair

"sat" is in the past so in the context that you are using, "I am sat in my chair" doesn't work nor does "The students are sat in their chairs".

 

[Rover_KE]

You can also replace seated with sitting.

Rover

 

[Franzi]

Have you seen someone using "I'm sat in my chair"? It isn't standard, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear someone with some dialect use it.

I agree with the other posters that 'seated' is the correct term here.

 

[Suspishio]

I've heard that used in a jocular context. "I'm sat in this chair, minding my own business, when this geezer comes up to me ....."

Any other Brits agree?

 

[Rover_KE]

Oh yes. I hear it used incorrectly all the time - even by my nearest and searest.

Rover

 

[Peterrobertini7]

"sat" is in the past so in the context that you are using, "I am sat in my chair" doesn't work nor does "The students are sat in their chairs".

Thanks for your answer, but I still wonder why did you choose one (SEATED) over the past participle (SAT) if both are transitive verbs??
or when you use sit or seat instead.
Thanks again

 

[Rover_KE]

Oh yes. I hear it used incorrectly all the time - even by my nearest and searest.

Rover

Oops. I meant 'dearest'.

 

[ewie]

Some previous threads on the subject, in no particular order:
Are you sat down?
we were sat in this nice restaurant
Sitting vs sat

 

[Ecuanime]

You would use "seated" to be descriptive. So you ask: Where is Bob? He is seated there in the third row. In Spanish it is equivalent to: estar sentado

"Sat" is more of an active voice. You would not need any helping or linking verbs to go with it (for example, you don't say are sat).

 

[KhanLee]

Are you sure they are both transitive? I think "to sit" is an intransitive. Am I wrong?

 

[Keith Bradford]

Transitive: to seat (somebody). Past = sat/seated. Past participle and adjective = seated.
Intransitive: to sit. Past = sat. Past participle = sat. The perfect is formed with 'have', not with 'be'.

So you shouldn't say The students are sat in their chairs . Either they have sat, or they are seated (i.e. someone has seated them in their chairs). It's a common mistake.

 

[PaulQ]

They can be transitive:

"I sat them around the table with orders to come to an agreement. To ensure this happened, I seated my mother-in-law at the head of the table."

 

[e2efour]

You can read another discussion at http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2018377.

 

[Smauler]

I'd personally just use "The students are in their chairs."

It means the same thing.