Does this sound natural?
少しの間に待って下さい。
少しの間を待って下さい。

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Bunza

6月30日

日本語

少しの間 This phrase usually works as an adverbial phrase without に or を, so that we usually say 少しの間待って下さい。

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LvivCroissant

6月30日

日本語

No, your samples are incorrect.

少しの間、待ってください

ください　is correct.
下さい　is incorrect, although 95% of Japanese native speakers misunderstand.

下さい　
this originally comes from Chinese letter 下、meaning to move location of something.
Many Japanese people don't know this.

ください
this is to ask something in a polite way.

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digorydoo

7月1日

ドイツ語

@puppies-lol Are you sure about 下さい？I see both ください and 下さい often in learning material. Oxford Japanese Grammar & Verbs uses 下さい almost everywhere. 日本語500問N5/N4 uses ください every where. Example sentences at jisho.org seem to have 下さい everywhere.
I think there are a lot of kanjis with Chinese origin that have shifted in their meaning.

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