لو عندك سؤال عن المكان، اسال في الصيدلية.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

law ʿandak soʔaal ʿan il-makaan, isʔal fis-saydaliyya.

A few notes:

• ʿ represents the sound of ع
• ʔ represents the little catch in the throat for ء
• fis-saydaliyya is how في الصيدلية often sounds in connected speech

You do not need to pronounce it in a super-formal way; an Egyptian-style pronunciation will usually sound smoother and more natural.

لو means if.

It introduces a condition:

• لو عندك سؤال... = If you have a question...

In Egyptian Arabic, لو is the normal everyday way to say if. A more formal Arabic sentence might use إذا instead.

Arabic often expresses possession with عند + a pronoun suffix.

So:

• عند = at / with
• -ك = you

Together, عندك literally means at you or with you, but idiomatically it means you have.

So:

• عندك سؤال = you have a question

In Egyptian pronunciation:

• to a man: ʿandak
• to a woman: ʿandik

The spelling is usually the same in normal unvowelled writing.

Word by word:

• سؤال = question
• عن = about
• المكان = the place / the location

So سؤال عن المكان means a question about the place or a question about the location.

Depending on context, this could mean:

• asking where something is
• asking for location-related information
• asking about the place itself

المكان is definite, so it means the place rather than a place.

Arabic often uses the definite article when the thing is already understood from context. Here, the speaker probably means a specific location already known in the situation.

Compare:

• مكان = a place
• المكان = the place / the location

So عن المكان sounds like about the place/location in question, not just any place.

In careful standard spelling, اسأل is the correct form.

Why?

• The verb contains a hamza: سأل = to ask
• So the imperative is properly written اسأل = ask!

However, in casual typing, many people leave out hamzas and write اسال. So:

• اسأل = careful/correct spelling
• اسال = very common informal spelling online or in quick messages

They represent the same word here.

Yes. اسأل is the imperative, meaning ask!

In this sentence, it is directed to one person.

Common forms:

• اسأل = ask! (to one male, or general singular in many teaching contexts)
• اسألي = ask! (to one female)
• اسألوا = ask! (to more than one person)

So if you were speaking to a woman, the sentence would normally become:

لو عندِك سؤال عن المكان، اسألي في الصيدلية.

Because Arabic often leaves out an object when it is obvious from context.

So اسأل في الصيدلية naturally means:

• ask at the pharmacy
• ask the people in the pharmacy
• ask there at the pharmacy

The sentence does not need to say exactly ask the pharmacist unless the speaker wants to be more specific.

If you wanted to be explicit, you could say something like:

• اسأل الصيدلي = ask the pharmacist

But in the original sentence, that detail is simply understood.

Yes, في often means in, but in Arabic it is also very commonly used where English would say at.

So:

• في الصيدلية can mean in the pharmacy
• and, in context, very naturally at the pharmacy

That is why اسأل في الصيدلية means ask at the pharmacy.

English makes a stronger distinction between in and at than Arabic often does in everyday usage.

Because ص is a sun letter.

When ال comes before a sun letter, the l sound is not pronounced. Instead, the next consonant is doubled.

So:

• written: الصيدلية
• pronounced roughly: es-saydaliyya or eṣ-ṣaydaliyya

This is why you hear something like fis-saydaliyya for في الصيدلية.

It works well in Egyptian Arabic, but it is also quite close to general Arabic.

What makes it feel natural in Egyptian:

• لو is very common in everyday speech for if
• there are no formal case endings
• the overall structure is simple and conversational

A more formal Modern Standard Arabic version might look more explicitly formal, but this sentence is perfectly understandable and natural for Egyptian learners.

You would change both عندك and the imperative اسأل.

To a group:

لو عندكم سؤال عن المكان، اسألوا في الصيدلية.

Breakdown:

• عندكم = you have (plural)
• اسألوا = ask! (plural)

So the grammar changes to match the person you are speaking to.