اذا لقيت الكتب على الطاولة، حطهم بالخزانة.

Yes—إذا is the standard spelling.

In casual typing, especially in dialect writing, people often leave out hamza marks and other spelling details. So اذا is very common online and in messages. It means the same thing here.

It introduces a condition, so the basic meaning is if.

In context, it can sometimes feel a bit like when, especially if the speaker thinks the situation is likely. So إذا لقيت... can be understood as if you find... or when you find..., depending on tone and context.

That’s a very common Arabic pattern.

After إذا, Arabic often uses a perfect/past-looking verb form to talk about a future condition. So:

• إذا لقيت... = if you find...

Even though لقيت looks past-like, the whole structure is conditional and future-oriented.

In Levantine, you may also hear other patterns in speech, but this one is very normal.

Because of the context—especially حطهم.

حطهم is an imperative, meaning the speaker is giving a command to you. So the first clause is naturally understood as the same person:

• If you find the books..., put them...

Arabic often leaves some things to context, and this is a good example.

Because Arabic usually doesn’t need subject pronouns.

The verb form often gives enough information, so Arabic commonly says:

• إذا لقيت... rather than إذا إنت لقيت...

A separate you word like إنت is usually added only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

حط is the imperative form of put/place.

Here it is addressed to one male (singular masculine).

Common related forms are:

• حط = put! (to one man)
• حطّي = put! (to one woman)
• حطّوا = put! (to more than one person)

So this sentence is directed to one male listener unless context says otherwise.

It is:

• حط = put
• -هم = them

So حطهم literally means put them.

In speech, the pronoun may sound a bit different depending on region and spelling style, because colloquial Arabic writing is not completely standardized.

Because -هم here is the attached object pronoun meaning them.

For a learner coming from Standard Arabic, this can feel a little surprising, because non-human plurals are treated differently in some formal grammar patterns. But in spoken Levantine, object pronouns and agreement are often more flexible and more natural-sounding in colloquial ways.

So with الكتب, saying حطهم is perfectly normal in Levantine.

It is made of:

• بـ = in / inside / at
• الـ = the
• خزانة = cupboard, cabinet, closet, wardrobe

So بالخزانة literally means in the cupboard/cabinet/closet.

A useful thing to remember is that بـ in Levantine is very common and can cover meanings that English splits into in, at, and sometimes other nearby ideas depending on context.

Because ط is a sun letter.

With sun letters, the l of الـ assimilates to the following consonant. So الطاولة is pronounced roughly like:

• aṭ-ṭāwle / eṭ-ṭāwle

not al-ṭāwle.

This is why learners hear a doubled ṭ sound.

It’s mostly colloquial in vocabulary and structure, but the spelling is a bit mixed.

For example:

• حط is clearly colloquial Levantine
• على is written in the full form, but in everyday Levantine writing you’ll often see عالـ instead

So a very natural everyday version might look like:

• إذا لقيت الكتب عالطاولة، حطهم بالخزانة
• or in some dialect spellings: إذا لقيت الكتب عالطاولة، حطّن بالخزانة

A rough Levantine-style pronunciation would be something like:

• iza lʔēt il-ktob ʿaṭ-ṭāwle, ḥoṭṭon bil-khizāne

Exact pronunciation varies by country and city, but that gives you the general sound.