La pharmacie est à droite.

La is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

The noun pharmacie is feminine in French, so it takes la:

• la pharmacie = the pharmacy

In English, the does not change, but in French the article must match the noun’s gender and number:

• le for many masculine singular nouns
• la for many feminine singular nouns
• les for plural nouns

Because pharmacie is feminine singular, la pharmacie is correct.

Yes, pharmacie is the French word for pharmacy.

It is a feminine noun:

• une pharmacie = a pharmacy
• la pharmacie = the pharmacy

Be careful with pronunciation, though: even if it looks similar to English, it is pronounced in a French way, not like the English word.

Est means is.

It comes from the verb être, which means to be.

So:

• La pharmacie est... = The pharmacy is...

This is the il/elle/on form of être:

• je suis = I am
• tu es = you are
• il/elle/on est = he/she/it is

Here, la pharmacie is a singular noun, so French uses est.

Because la pharmacie is third person singular.

French uses:

• tu es = you are
• il/elle/on est = he/she/it is

Since la pharmacie means the pharmacy, it is treated like it in English:

• The pharmacy is → La pharmacie est

So es would only be used with tu, not with la pharmacie.

À droite means on the right or to the right, depending on context.

In this sentence, it tells location or direction:

• La pharmacie est à droite. = The pharmacy is on the right.

You will often see:

• à gauche = on the left
• à droite = on the right
• tout droit = straight ahead

So droite here refers to direction/location, not to something being morally right or correct.

In French, à is often used in location expressions where English uses on, to, or sometimes no direct equivalent.

So:

• à droite = on the right / to the right
• à gauche = on the left
• à côté = next to / beside

You should learn à droite as a fixed expression. Translating word by word can be misleading:

• à does not always equal just one English preposition

Because à droite is a fixed idiomatic expression in French.

French normally says:

• à droite = on the right
• à gauche = on the left

Not:

• à la droite in this context

You may see la droite in other meanings, such as:

• la droite = the right side
• la droite = the political right

But when giving directions, French usually uses the set phrase à droite.

Yes, in this sentence the word order is very similar to English:

• La pharmacie = The pharmacy
• est = is
• à droite = on the right

So the structure is:

subject + verb + location

This makes the sentence fairly easy for English speakers to understand.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

la far-ma-see ay tah drwat

A few notes:

• ph in pharmacie sounds like f
• the final -ie in pharmacie sounds like ee
• est à is often linked smoothly in speech
• droite sounds roughly like drwat

A more IPA-style version is approximately: la faʁ.ma.si ɛ.t‿a dʁwat

You do not need perfect IPA to say it well, but it helps to know that French pronunciation is smoother and less strongly stressed than English.

Usually, in careful modern French, the t in est is normally silent by itself, but before a vowel sound it can be heard through liaison or linking.

So in:

• est à droite

many speakers connect it smoothly, making it sound a bit like:

• eh-tah

This is why the sentence may sound more connected than the spelling suggests.

Yes, you can, but it is slightly different in feel.

• à droite is the most common and simple way to say on the right / to the right
• sur la droite can also mean on the right, often with a slightly more explicit physical sense, like something located on the right side

For a basic directions sentence, La pharmacie est à droite is the most natural choice.

You would say:

La pharmacie est à gauche.

This is the direct opposite of:

• à droite = on the right
• à gauche = on the left

These two are very useful direction phrases to memorize together.

Yes. Depending on context, pharmacie can be translated as pharmacy and sometimes naturally understood as drugstore.

However, be careful: a French pharmacie is specifically a pharmacy. It is not always the same as an English-speaking drugstore, which may also sell many general household items.

So for learning purposes:

• pharmacie = pharmacy is the safest translation

No, not in a normal sentence like this.

French usually needs an article before a common noun:

• La pharmacie est à droite.

Without la, it sounds incomplete or ungrammatical in standard French.

You might see Pharmacie alone on a sign, but that is different from a full sentence. In a complete sentence, keep the article.

No. Droite is not feminine here because it agrees with pharmacie.

In à droite, droite is part of a fixed expression meaning on the right. It is not acting like a regular adjective agreeing with pharmacie in this sentence.

So:

• La pharmacie est à droite. = The pharmacy is on the right.

Here, à droite works as a location phrase, not as a descriptive adjective attached directly to the noun.