May I have your name please?
You seem very close with me (I also want that) but I don't know your name...
Okay, you ask me to give you the structure of Korean sentence.
Let's compare Korean with English.
English is Subject + Verb + Object / Complement.
For examples:
I eat Sushi.
Tim studies Korean.
You are a student.
However, Korean is opposite to English.
The structure of Korean sentence goes like Subject + Object/Complement + Verb.
For examples:
저는 수시를 먹습니다. "I eat Sushi" ("eat"=먹습니다, "Sushi"=수시 + (를) since it it an Object)
팀은 한국어를 공부합니다. "Tim studies Korean" ("study"=공부하다, "Korean"=한국어 + (를) since it is an Object).
당신은 학생 입니다. "You are a student." ("a student"=학생 (don't need to attach anything since it is a complement), "are"=입니다 (be -verb)).
If you know this pattern, learning Korean would be much easier and simpler.
That's why I made lessons about Particles (Absolute Beginner Season 3 & 4).
Unlike English, if you don't know Particles (은/는, 이/가), you wouldn't know what the topic, the subject, the object is... Learning particles is ESSENTIAL in Korean.
What's more... the rule for attaching particles based on the system of sound that ends in each word. For examples, about "I"=저 (jeo) ends in the sound of "o" which is VOWEL. therefore, you attach 는 instead of 은. What about "you"=당신 (dang-sin) ends in the sound of "n" which is CONSONANT. Therefore, you attach 은 instead of 는. The same rule applies for 이/가, 을/를 and more later on...
I think you already know about "please give me..." = 주세요.
When you ask something by saying "주세요", you are asking something - the object. So, when you ask for "water", you say "물(OBJECT) 주세요"; however, the correct answer is 물을 주세요. (을 is particles for Object).
Please keep listening and practicing on Particles.
Once you know and get used to this rule, learning Korean would be SO MUCH FUN!
I bet you!
cheers,
by the way... "please give your name..." = 이름(을) 주세요...
Tim