为什么你不在这里等到我做完为止？

Why don't you wait here while I finish what I'm doing?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 为什么 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
=2 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=2 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.)
3 不在 bùzài
  1. not to be present
  2. to be out
  3. (euphemism) to pass away
  4. to be deceased
=4 这里 zhèlǐ variant of 这里 zhèlǐ
=4 这里 zhèlǐ here
5 等到 děngdào
  1. to wait until
  2. by the time when (sth is ready etc)
6 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
7 做完 zuòwán
  1. to finish
  2. to complete the task
8 为止 wéizhǐ
  1. until
  2. (used in combination with words like 到 dào or 至 zhì in constructs of the form 到...到...为止)