YOU SAID:
book is sitting next to me
INTO JAPANESE
本は私の隣に座っている
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The book sits next to me.
INTO JAPANESE
その本は私の隣にあります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The book is next to me.
INTO JAPANESE
その本は私の隣にある。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The book is next to me.
You should move to Japan!