YOU SAID:
is it ok if I sit here for a minute?
INTO JAPANESE
ちょっとここに座ってもいいですか。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
May I sit here for a while?
INTO JAPANESE
しばらくここに座ってもよいですか。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
May I sit here for a while?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.