Why English speakers keep saying "is" in ana ismé

English forces a verb into every introduction: "my name IS," "I AM." Lebanese has no such verb here, and that missing "to be" is the first thing to unlearn.

Zero copula. ana ismé Kamil is literally "I my-name Kamil" with no verb at all. English speakers keep inserting an "is" or "am" that simply does not belong.

"My" and "your" are glued on. They are not separate words but suffixes fused to the noun: ism-é (my name), ism-ak (your name, to a man), ism-ik (to a woman). So do not add a standalone word for "my"; it is already inside ismé.

"What" is not "who." shu means only "what." To ask "who's that?" you switch to min (min hayda?). English speakers stretch one question word across both jobs.

• ana ismé Kamil. — I'm Kamil. (no verb, "my" is the -é)
• shu ismak? — what's your name? (to a man)
• min hayda? — who's that? (never shu for a person)

Hear it as a bare pairing: person, then name, nothing in between.

Say it with me: ana ismé…, then shu ismak? — ana ismé… — no "is," no extra "my."