اذا في مشكلة بالحجز، ضروري تحكي معهم فورا.

In this sentence, إذا means if.

So إذا في مشكلة... = If there is a problem...

In both Standard Arabic and Levantine, إذا can sometimes feel a little broad depending on context, but here it is clearly conditional: if there’s a problem with the booking, ...

In Levantine speech, it is usually pronounced iza.

Here, في means there is / there are.

So:

• في مشكلة = there is a problem
• إذا في مشكلة = if there is a problem

This is a very common Levantine structure. English speakers often expect a separate verb like to be, but in Levantine Arabic, في often does that job when talking about existence.

Compare:

• في وقت = there is time
• ما في وقت = there isn’t time
• إذا في وقت = if there is time

So in this sentence, في is not the preposition in. It is the existential there is.

مشكلة means problem.

It is indefinite because the sentence means if there is a problem, not if there is the problem.

That is very natural after في:

• في مشكلة = there is a problem
• في سبب = there is a reason
• في تأخير = there is a delay

If you made it definite, في المشكلة, it would sound like you are referring to a specific already-known problem, which is not what this sentence is doing.

بالحجز literally contains the preposition بـ plus الحجز.

• الحجز = the booking / the reservation
• بالحجز = in the booking / with the booking / regarding the booking

In natural English, the best translation is usually with the booking or in the reservation depending on context.

So:

• مشكلة بالحجز = a problem with the booking / reservation

The preposition بـ in Arabic is very flexible. It can mean things like in, with, regarding, or connected to, depending on context.

In Levantine Arabic, ضروري is commonly used to mean necessary, essential, or you need to.

So:

• ضروري تحكي معهم = you need to talk to them
• literally: it is necessary that you talk to them

Arabic often does not need an explicit it is in this kind of sentence. The idea of it is necessary is understood.

This is very normal colloquial structure.

You may also hear:

• لازم تحكي معهم
• ضروري تحكي معهم

Both mean something like you have to / you need to talk to them, though ضروري can sound a bit more like it’s essential / it’s important.

تحكي comes from the verb حكى, which in Levantine commonly means to speak, to talk, or sometimes to tell.

In this sentence, تحكي معهم means talk to them.

This is very common in Levantine. A learner who knows Standard Arabic may expect تتكلم or تتحدث, but in everyday Levantine, حكى / يحكي is extremely common.

Examples:

• بحكي عربي = I speak Arabic
• حكيت معه = I talked with him
• بدك تحكي معهم = you want to talk to them

In Levantine, تحكي can address you singular, and in many cases the form is the same for both masculine and feminine in the present/imperfect.

So by itself, تحكي can mean:

• you talk to a man
• you talk to a woman

The exact gender is usually understood from context.

If the speaker wanted to address more than one person, they would usually say something like:

• تحكوا معهم = you all talk to them

So here, تحكي is singular you.

معهم means with them.

It is made of:

• مع = with
• هم = them

So:

• معهم = with them

In this sentence, تحكي معهم literally means talk with them, which in English we usually say as talk to them.

This kind of attached pronoun is extremely common in Arabic:

• معي = with me
• معك = with you
• معه = with him
• معها = with her
• معهم = with them

Because Arabic often uses different prepositions from English.

In English, we usually say talk to them. In Arabic, it is very natural to say تحكي معهم, literally talk with them.

That does not mean the speaker is emphasizing a two-way conversation. It is just the normal Arabic expression.

This is a good example of why translating prepositions word-for-word can be misleading.

فورا means immediately, right away, or at once.

It is originally a more Standard Arabic word, but it is also widely understood and used in everyday speech. So it does not sound strange here.

In spoken Levantine, you might also hear other expressions with a similar meaning, such as:

• على طول = right away / immediately
• هلق or هلأ in some contexts = now

But فورا works very naturally and gives a slightly firm tone: do it immediately.

Arabic often does not need an explicit word like then in conditional sentences.

So:

• إذا في مشكلة بالحجز، ضروري تحكي معهم فورا.

is perfectly complete and natural as:

• If there’s a problem with the booking, you need to talk to them immediately.

English sometimes also leaves out then, so this is not very different:

• If there’s a problem, call them.

Arabic commonly follows that same pattern.

It is mostly Levantine-style colloquial Arabic.

The strongest colloquial features are:

• في used as there is
• تحكي as the common spoken verb talk/speak
• the overall conversational phrasing

A more Standard Arabic version might look different, for example using a more formal verb for speak and a more formal structure.

Still, some words in the sentence are shared with Standard Arabic, such as:

• إذا
• مشكلة
• الحجز
• ضروري
• فورا

So the vocabulary is mixed in a way that is very normal in real-life spoken Arabic: mostly colloquial structure, with some words that also exist in Standard Arabic.

A natural Levantine-style pronunciation would be something like:

iza fii mushkle bil-7ajiz, daruuri ti7ki ma3hon foran

A few notes:

• إذا → iza
• في → fii
• مشكلة is often pronounced more like mushkle in fast speech
• بالحجز may sound like bil-7ajiz or similar depending on dialect
• تحكي → ti7ki
• معهم → ma3hon / maʿon depending on region
• فورا → foran / fawran depending on style and speaker

Pronunciation varies across Levantine regions, but this gives you a practical sense of how it might sound.

Yes. لازم تحكي معهم فورا would also be very natural.

Both are common, but the nuance can be slightly different:

• لازم = must / have to / need to
• ضروري = necessary / essential / really should

In many everyday situations, they are very close in meaning. If you are learning Levantine conversation, it is useful to know both.

So these are both natural:

• إذا في مشكلة بالحجز، ضروري تحكي معهم فورا.
• إذا في مشكلة بالحجز، لازم تحكي معهم فورا.

Because the verb حكى can take different patterns depending on the meaning.

Here, the meaning is talk with/to someone, so the natural pattern is:

• حكى مع someone = talked with someone

Examples:

• حكيت معه = I talked with him
• بدّي أحكي معك = I want to talk to you

Sometimes حكى can also be used in other ways depending on dialect and context, but حكى مع is the key pattern you should learn for talk to / talk with.

So in this sentence:

• تحكي معهم = talk to them

is exactly the expected structure.