爲什麽你星期六來不了？

Why couldn't you come on Saturday?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 爲 wéi variant of 为 wéi
=1 爲 wèi variant of 为 wèi
=2 什 shén what
=2 什 shí
  1. ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
  2. assorted
  3. miscellaneous
=3 麽 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
=3 麽 me variant of 么 me
=4 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=4 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
=5 星期六 Xīngqīliù Saturday
=5 星期六 xīngqīliù Saturday
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 不了 bùle no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
=7 不了 bùliǎo
  1. (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth)
  2. (pattern: {verb} + 个 ge + ~) without end; incessantly