אנחנו כבר ליד השער, אבל בואי נשב עוד שתי דקות ונחכה להודעה.

Not necessarily in a literal movement sense. In sentences like this, בואי often works like come on or let’s when inviting someone to do something together.

So אבל בואי נשב... is very natural Hebrew for something like but come on, let’s sit...

It can still feel connected to the basic verb לבוא = to come, but here it is mainly an inviting expression, not a command to physically come somewhere.

בואי is the imperative form used when speaking to one woman.

• בוא = to one man
• בואי = to one woman
• בואו = to more than one person

So this sentence is addressed to a female addressee.

Because those verbs mean we will sit and we will wait, and in this context they function as let’s sit and let’s wait.

The speaker is inviting the other person to do the action together with them. So:

• בואי = addressed to one woman
• נשב = let’s sit
• נחכה = let’s wait

This is very common in Hebrew: the 1st person plural future can express let’s...

In Hebrew, the future tense is often used for suggestions, intentions, and polite proposals. So נשב literally looks like we will sit, but depending on context it can mean let’s sit. The same goes for נחכה = let’s wait.

This is a normal Hebrew pattern, not an unusual exception.

It is not strictly necessary. Hebrew often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb already shows the person.

So both are possible:

• אנחנו כבר ליד השער...
• כבר ליד השער...
• or even a rephrased version with no explicit אנחנו

Here, אנחנו makes the subject explicit and can sound a bit clearer or more natural in context, especially at the beginning of a sentence.

כבר usually means already.

In this sentence, it gives the sense of we’re already by the gate, meaning the speaker is saying they have already reached that point, so there is no rush to move further right now.

Depending on context, כבר can sometimes also add a nuance like by now or as it is.

ליד means next to, beside, or near.

So ליד השער is most literally near the gate or by the gate.

It does not mean exactly the same thing as inside the gate area or at the gate counter, but in natural English the translation may still be at the gate depending on context.

Because השער means the gate.

• שער = a gate / gate
• השער = the gate

The ה־ is the definite article, equivalent to the in English. Since the speaker and listener both know which gate is meant, Hebrew uses the definite form.

עוד means more, another, or additional.

So עוד שתי דקות means two more minutes.

Without עוד, שתי דקות would just mean two minutes. With עוד, the idea is let’s wait just a little longer.

There are two things going on here:

1. דקות is a feminine noun plural, because the singular דקה is feminine.
2. Before a noun, Hebrew uses the construct form שתי rather than the standalone form שתיים.

So:

• שתי דקות = two minutes
• שתיים = two when standing alone

And שני דקות would be wrong here, because שני is the masculine form.

Because the verb לחכות usually takes the preposition ל־, meaning to wait for.

So in Hebrew you say:

• לחכות להודעה = to wait for the message / notification
• literally, something like to wait to the message

This is just how the verb works in Hebrew, and it does not match English word-for-word.

All of those are possible depending on context. הודעה is a flexible word.

It can mean:

• a text message or written message
• a phone notification
• an official notice
• an announcement or update

In this sentence, if the setting is something like travel or meeting up, הודעה could easily mean a message or an update/notification.

The prefix ו־ means and. Hebrew very often links actions this way in a smooth sequence.

So:

• נשב עוד שתי דקות ונחכה להודעה = let’s sit for two more minutes and wait for the message

This sounds natural and compact in Hebrew. English could also split it, but Hebrew often prefers this kind of flowing connection.