שְׁמִי
sh-MI
שְׁמִי means “my name is …” and is completed with your name: שמי דוד, שמי שרה, etc.
Follow מה שמך? in polite chains. Works in classrooms, hotels, and first coffee meetings.
Without vowels
שמי
With vowels (nikud)
שְׁמִי
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