為甚麼湯姆不能來我們這裡？

Why can't Tom come to us?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=1 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=2 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=2 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=3 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=3 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=3 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
=3 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
4 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
5 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
6 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
7 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
8 這裡 zhèlǐ here