البيت في الشمال.

A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation is:

il-bēt fi sh-shamāl

A few notes:

• البيت = il-bēt
  
  • In Egyptian Arabic, بيت is usually pronounced bēt rather than Classical-style bayt.
• في = fi
• الشمال = ish-shamāl or, in the full phrase, fi sh-shamāl
  
  • The l of ال is not pronounced here because ش is a sun letter.

So the whole sentence flows as:

il-bēt fi sh-shamāl

In Arabic, the verb to be is usually not stated in the present tense.

So:

• البيت في الشمال literally looks like the-house in the-north
• But it means The house is in the north

This is completely normal in both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.

If you wanted a past meaning, then Arabic would use a verb, for example something like كان for was.

في means in.

In this sentence, في الشمال means:

• in the north
• sometimes more loosely up north, depending on context

In Egyptian Arabic, في is pronounced fi and is one of the most common prepositions you will hear.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• بيت = a house / house
• البيت = the house

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about a specific house, so البيت is used.

Because الشمال here means the north, not just north in a very general sense.

So:

• شمال = north
• الشمال = the north

In Arabic, directions are often made definite when talking about a known region or direction:

• الشرق = the east
• الغرب = the west
• الجنوب = the south
• الشمال = the north

So في الشمال is the normal way to say in the north.

Because ش is a sun letter.

When الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound assimilates into the next consonant. So:

• written: الشمال
• pronounced: ash-shamāl or ish-shamāl, depending on the variety/transliteration style

In Egyptian Arabic, you will often hear it as:

ish-shamāl

But the spelling stays the same: الشمال.

It can mean either, depending on context.

So البيت may be understood as:

• the house
• the home

If the meaning has already been given to you as The house is in the north, that is perfectly fine. But in real conversation, بيت can be broader than just the physical building.

The spelling works for both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.

What changes most is the pronunciation:

• Standard Arabic: al-baytu fi ash-shamāl
• Egyptian Arabic: il-bēt fi sh-shamāl

So a learner may see the same written sentence in both, but pronounce it differently in Egyptian.

Yes, it is natural and easy to understand.

البيت في الشمال is a simple, clear sentence meaning that the house is located in the northern area.

Depending on context, Egyptians might also say more specific things, such as:

• البيت في شمال البلد = The house is in the north of the country/town
• بيتنا في الشمال = Our house is in the north

But البيت في الشمال is perfectly fine on its own.

Yes. It can mean more than the strict geographical direction.

Depending on context, في الشمال might mean:

• in the north
• in the northern part
• up north

So if someone says البيت في الشمال, they may mean the house is in the northern region of a country, city, or area, not necessarily only on a map-like compass line.