YOU SAID:
three monkeys are in my lap.
INTO JAPANESE
三匹の猿が私の膝の上にいます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Three monkeys are on my lap.
INTO JAPANESE
三匹の猿が私の膝の上にいます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Three monkeys are on my lap.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.