صاحبة اختي سألتني اذا في محل قريب، بس قلتلا انو السوق ابعد شوي.

In Levantine, صاحب / صاحبة commonly mean male friend / female friend in everyday speech. So صاحبة اختي is a very natural colloquial way to say my sister's friend.

A more formal or MSA-style option would be صديقة أختي, but in spoken Levantine صاحبة is extremely common.

That is because of the taa marbuuTa (ـة).

In Arabic, this ending is often pronounced:

• as -a / -e when the word stands alone
• as -t when the word is followed by another word in a possessive construction

So:

• صاحبة on its own may sound like ṣāḥbe / ṣāḥba
• صاحبة اختي sounds like ṣāḥbet ekhti

That -t sound is completely normal here.

Arabic usually does this with an iDaafa construction, not with a separate word like of.

So:

• صاحبة = female friend
• اختي = my sister

Together:

• صاحبة اختي = my sister's friend

Literally, it is more like friend-of-my-sister, but Arabic does not need a separate word for of here.

سألتني = she asked me

It has two parts:

• سألت = she asked
• ني = me

So the whole word means she asked me.

The subject is feminine because صاحبة is feminine.

Here اذا means if / whether.

After verbs like ask, Arabic often uses اذا to introduce an indirect question:

• سألتني اذا... = she asked me if/whether...

In Levantine pronunciation, this is often said as iza or eza.

Here في means there is / there are.

So:

• في محل = there is a shop
• في محل قريب = there is a nearby shop

This is one of the most common uses of في in Levantine.

Because in Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So Arabic says:

• محل قريب = literally shop near
• natural English: a shop is nearby or a nearby shop

This is normal. Arabic does not need a present-tense is there.

محل in Levantine usually means shop, store, or place of business.

It is a very common everyday word. In this sentence, it most naturally means a shop/store nearby.

Compared with other words:

• محل = everyday colloquial shop/store
• متجر = more formal, more MSA-like

Here بس means but.

So:

• بس قلتلا... = but I told her...

In other contexts, بس can also mean only / just, so its meaning depends on context. In this sentence, it clearly means but.

قلتلا = I told her or more literally I said to her

It breaks down like this:

• قلت = I said
• لـ = to
• ها / لا = her

In informal writing, these are often written together:

• قلتلا

A slightly more separated spelling would be:

• قلتلها

In Levantine, using say to someone is very common where English would often use tell someone.

انو means that.

So:

• قلتلا انو السوق ابعد شوي = I told her that the market is a little farther

This is a very common Levantine connector after verbs like say, know, think, etc.

You may also see spellings/pronunciations like:

• إنو
• انو
• إنّه / أنه in more formal writing

السوق means the market.

Using the definite article often suggests:

• a known market
• the local market
• the market both speakers would recognize

So it sounds like a specific, understood place, not just any market.

Also, because س is a sun letter, the ل in الـ is not clearly pronounced. So السوق is pronounced more like:

• es-suuʔ or is-suuʔ

ابعد means farther / further, and شوي means a little / a bit.

So:

• ابعد شوي = a little farther

This is a very natural colloquial way to soften the statement.

Because the comparison is understood from context.

In English, we often say farther without stating the full comparison:

• The market is a bit farther

Arabic can do the same thing. The listener understands that it means farther than the nearby shop / farther than you might want / not that close.

If you want to make the comparison explicit, Arabic can use من:

• السوق أبعد من المحل = the market is farther than the shop

But in your sentence, that comparison is simply left understood.

It is mostly colloquial Levantine, especially in words like:

• صاحبة for friend
• اذا in speech as iza/eza
• في = there is
• بس = but
• قلتلا
• انو
• شوي

The overall sentence sounds natural and spoken, not like formal written MSA. Informal spellings such as اختي, قلتلا, and انو also make it feel very conversational.