How to say I said to have something first then it is mine.
Is there any expression meaning I said to have something first then it is mine. More like a kids game when one child says I will have a toy as I said first I wanted it.

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As a child I said, "finders keepers, losers weepers"

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There's actually a specific intonation that is used with, "I saw it first!"  The pitch of the voice raises and it's said in an exaggerated, excited way.

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In the US, we'd say, "I called it (first)"

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In general English, we have the expression 'Finders keepers'. It means that whoever finds something has the right to keep it.

Expressions relating to children's games tend to be region-specific and dialectal. Where I grew up, kids said 'Bagsy' or 'Bags I', as in 'Bags I the first go on the swing!'  This isn't something I'd expect to find in a dictionary, and I certainly wouldn't recommend you use it.

It would be interesting to hear what phrases other native speakers used when they were growing up.

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The phrase is, "to have dibs on (something)". :)

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+dibs+on

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