Sitting on your left next next to you.

[goodstudent]

A.B.C.D.E

Lets say there are 5 seats in a row as above. I am sitting at position A. Peter was sitting at position C.

I want to contact Peter and say I am the guy sitting at position A.

How to say it? I talked to Peter briefly and I just connected him through messages, so I want him to remember who am I.

"Hello Peter,

I was the guy sitting left left of you while we were at the dinner. Chatted with you about..."

(left, left of Peter is A where I was sitting.)

Please help me express my thoughts properly.

Thanks

 

[tedmc]

I talked to Peter briefly and I just connected him through messages, so I want him to remember who [STRIKE]am I[/STRIKE] I am.

You say:
I was sitting on the left of the row and you (Peter) were third from the left ( as in a picture).

 

[Raymott]

You can't say "left left" or "next next". (You need to decide whether you are the guy, or were the guy sitting next to him - you use both. I'll assume the latter abrogates the former.)
"I was the guy sitting two down from you on your right."

 

[goodstudent]

You can't say "left left" or "next next". (You need to decide whether you are the guy, or were the guy sitting next to him - you use both. I'll assume the latter abrogates the former.)
"I was the guy sitting two down from you on your right."

A.B.C.D.E

I am not the guy sitting next to Peter. I am at A. Peter is at C. There is another guy sitting at B.

 

[Raymott]

I know. That's why you are sitting two seats away to Peter's right - two seats down from Peter. Similarly, he is sitting two seats to your left.

 

[goodstudent]

I know. That's why you are sitting two seats away to Peter's right - two seats down from Peter. Similarly, he is sitting two seats to your left.

"One seat away from you" means "the seat next to you"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Effectively, yes, but we wouldn't say it that way. We would say "next to you". "Two seats away/along from you" is the natural term for what you have described. You might also hear "Two seats up/down from you" - it has nothing to do with elevation, it's just a term we use.

 

[Eckaslike]

In addition to the good points by Raymott and Emsr2d2, in this specigic situation where you were sitting at the end of a row I would say, "I was sitting on your far left at dinner".

You could use this whether there were one or more people sitting between the two of you.

 

[Rover_KE]

'I was sitting next but one to you on your left.'

 

[goodstudent]

In addition to the good points by Raymott and Emsr2d2, in this specigic situation where you were sitting at the end of a row I would say, "I was sitting on your far left at dinner".

You could use this whether there were one or more people sitting between the two of you.

I was not sitting at the far end. It was a round table. something like KLMABCDEFGHIJ forming a circle.

 

[Eckaslike]

Ahh. Your original post threw me. "Lets say there are 5 seats in a row as above."

To me a "row" is always a straight line (or a very nearly straight line), with a start and end.

I would have said "sitting around a circular table".

Now I understand the scenario, I would use what Raymott and Emsr2d2 have written.

 

[Roman55]

I was not sitting at the far end. It was a round table. something like KLMABCDEFGHIJ forming a circle.

I am not a teacher.

So, in fact, you were sitting almost opposite him.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I was not sitting at the far end. It was a round table. something like KLMABCDEFGHIJ forming a circle.

Don't you think it would have been good to mention the round table in the beginning?

 

[emsr2d2]

At a round table, if the other person is sitting at position A and you are sitting at position C, you could say "I was sitting 2 seats round/away from you, to your left/right".

 

[goodstudent]

I know. That's why you are sitting two seats away to Peter's right - two seats down from Peter. Similarly, he is sitting two seats to your left.

This does not makes sense, I am sitting at peter left side, why is it that i am two seats away to peter's right?

I should say to Peter "Hi Peter, I am sitting two seats to your left". Is that correct?

 

[tedmc]

I am sitting at peter left side, why is it that i am two seats away to peter's right?

There is only one left and one right (as in Peter's left hand and right hand). You are contradicting yourself.

 

[goodstudent]

There is only one left and one right (as in Peter's left hand and right hand). You are contradicting yourself.

This is how it looks like. Is saying "Hi Peter, I am sitting two seats to your left". Is that correct?

 

[tedmc]

You are two seats to Peter's left (use Peter's left and right hands as reference).

 

[goodstudent]

So is this correct?: "Hi Peter, I am sitting two seats to your left during the dinner"

 

[tedmc]

Hi Peter, I [STRIKE]am[/STRIKE] was sitting two seats to your left during (at) the dinner