البنك بين الصيدلية والمستشفى.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation is:

el-bank bein es-seidaleiyya wel-mostashfa

A word-by-word guide:

• البنك → el-bank
• بين → bein
• الصيدلية → es-seidaleiyya
• والمستشفى → wel-mostashfa

A few notes:

• In Egyptian Arabic, الـ is usually pronounced el-, not al-.
• The و in والمستشفى is pronounced w-, so it joins directly to the next word: wel-.
• You may see slightly different spellings in English letters, like seidaleyya / saydaleyya and mostashfa / mostشفى-style transliterations. That is normal.

Because Arabic usually leaves out the present-tense verb to be in sentences like this.

So:

البنك بين الصيدلية والمستشفى
literally looks like: the bank between the pharmacy and the hospital

But it means:

The bank is between the pharmacy and the hospital.

This is very normal in both Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic.

If you wanted a past or future meaning, then Arabic would use a verb:

• كان البنك بين... = The bank was between...
• هيكون البنك بين... = The bank will be between... in Egyptian

بين means between.

In this sentence, it connects one place to two reference points:

• البنك = the bank
• بين الصيدلية والمستشفى = between the pharmacy and the hospital

A very common pattern is:

X بين Y و Z
= X is between Y and Z

So this sentence follows a basic and useful location pattern.

Because they are all definite here:

• البنك = the bank
• الصيدلية = the pharmacy
• المستشفى = the hospital

Arabic uses الـ as the definite article, like the in English.

If you removed الـ, the meaning would become more like:

• بنك = a bank
• صيدلية = a pharmacy
• مستشفى = a hospital

So the sentence with الـ sounds like it is talking about specific, known places.

Because ص is a sun letter.

In Arabic, when الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound of the article is not pronounced. Instead, the next consonant is doubled.

So:

• الصيدلية is written with الـ
• but pronounced es-seidaleiyya, not el-seidaleiyya

By contrast, م in المستشفى is a moon letter, so the l is still pronounced:

• المستشفى → el-mostashfa

This is one of the most important pronunciation rules in Arabic.

Because in Arabic, the word و meaning and is written as a prefix attached to the following word.

So:

والمستشفى = و + المستشفى
= and + the hospital

This is completely normal in Arabic spelling.

You will see the same thing all the time:

• والبيت = and the house
• والمدرسة = and the school
• والبنك = and the bank

It works in both.

The wording is perfectly normal and understandable in both:

• Egyptian Arabic
• Modern Standard Arabic

What makes it sound Egyptian is mainly the pronunciation, such as:

• الـ → el-
• بين often pronounced bein
• everyday Egyptian pronunciation of words like صيدلية and مستشفى

So you can think of this sentence as a structure shared by both, with Egyptian pronunciation.

Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.

• البنك بين الصيدلية والمستشفى = The bank is between the pharmacy and the hospital.
• في بنك بين الصيدلية والمستشفى = There is a bank between the pharmacy and the hospital.

So:

• the first sentence talks about a specific bank
• the second introduces the existence of a bank in that location

Both are useful, but they are not exactly the same.

No.

You do not say:

البنك في بين الصيدلية والمستشفى

That is not the normal structure.

The word بين already does the job by itself as the location word between.

So the correct pattern is simply:

البنك بين الصيدلية والمستشفى

If you want, you could add a word like موجود in spoken Arabic:

• البنك موجود بين الصيدلية والمستشفى
• The bank is located between the pharmacy and the hospital

But في before بين is not needed.

Yes, but the most natural basic version is the one you have:

البنك بين الصيدلية والمستشفى

This starts with the thing you are talking about, the bank, and then gives its location.

That is a very common Arabic pattern:

• المدرسة جنب البنك = The school is next to the bank
• العربية قدام البيت = The car is in front of the house
• البنك بين الصيدلية والمستشفى = The bank is between the pharmacy and the hospital

You can sometimes rearrange parts for emphasis, but for learners, this word order is the safest and most natural.

مستشفى ends with ى, called alif maqṣūra. In this word, it gives a final a sound.

So مستشفى is pronounced roughly:

mostashfa

A few helpful points:

• The end sounds like -fa, not -fi
• The final ى here is not pronounced like English y
• This is just a spelling pattern you will see in some Arabic words

So in the sentence:

• المستشفى = el-mostashfa

This is a word many learners find tricky at first, so it is worth memorizing as a whole word.