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kare no soba ni suwarimashita.

彼かれ の そば に 座すわりました。kare no soba ni suwarimashita.
I sat beside him.
From Lesson 362:Vocabulary expansion 45·Japanese

Breakdown of kare no soba ni suwarimashita.

のno
possessive case particle
にni
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]
彼かれkare
he
座すわるsuwaru
to sit
側そばsoba
near; beside

側そば is usually written using kana alone as そば, and indicates proximity or nearness to something or someone, without specifying a particular side.

側がわ specifies a particular side or aspect of something. Often used with direction words to indicate specific sides, such as right, left, this side, that side, etc.

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