אחר כך הלכתי לבית המרקחת, והרוקחת שאלה אם יש לי גם כאב גרון.

הלכתי is the past tense, first person singular form of the verb הלך (to go / to walk).

• base verb: הלך
• הלכתי = I went

The ending ־תי is a very common past-tense ending meaning I.

Examples:

• כתבתי = I wrote
• אמרתי = I said
• הלכתי = I went

So if you recognize ־תי, that often helps you spot I did... in the past.

Yes. אחר כך is a very common fixed expression meaning:

• after that
• afterwards
• then

It is used to move a story forward in time.

Examples:

• אכלתי, ואחר כך יצאתי. = I ate, and then I went out.
• אחר כך הלכתי לבית המרקחת. = After that, I went to the pharmacy.

So even though it is made of two words, learners should usually treat it as one common time expression.

Because Hebrew often attaches short prepositions directly to the following noun.

Here:

• ל־ = to
• בית המרקחת = the pharmacy

So:

• ל + בית המרקחת → לבית המרקחת

That gives to the pharmacy.

Also, בית המרקחת is a fixed phrase meaning pharmacy. Literally, it is something like the house of the compound/ointment, but you should learn it as the normal word for pharmacy.

This is because of a structure called the construct state.

In בית המרקחת:

• בית = house of ...
• המרקחת = the pharmacy-related noun / the compound noun part

In Hebrew, when two nouns are linked like this, the first noun usually does not take the definite article. The definiteness is shown on the second noun, and that makes the whole phrase definite.

So:

• בית מרקחת = a pharmacy
• בית המרקחת = the pharmacy

This is a very common Hebrew pattern.

Similar idea:

• ספר = book
• בית ספר = school
• בית הספר = the school

ו־ means and, so והרוקחת = and the pharmacist.

The noun itself is also important:

• רוקח = male pharmacist
• רוקחת = female pharmacist

So הרוקחת tells you the pharmacist is a woman.

This is one of the many Hebrew nouns that show gender clearly:

• masculine often has no special ending
• feminine often has ־ת or ־ה

Here אם introduces an indirect yes/no question.

So:

• שאלה אם יש לי... = she asked if / whether I have...

This is not really a condition like If it rains, I’ll stay home.
Instead, it reports a question.

Compare:

• היא שאלה: יש לך כאב גרון? = She asked: Do you have a sore throat?
• היא שאלה אם יש לי כאב גרון. = She asked if/whether I had a sore throat.

So in this sentence, אם is best understood as whether / if in reported speech.

Hebrew does not usually use a verb exactly like English to have in simple everyday possession.
Instead, it uses a structure that literally works like:

• יש = there is / there exists
• לי = to me

So:

• יש לי = I have
  literally: there is to me

In this sentence:

• יש לי גם כאב גרון = I also have a sore throat

More examples:

• יש לי ספר. = I have a book.
• יש לי זמן. = I have time.
• אין לי זמן. = I don’t have time.

This is one of the most important Hebrew patterns to learn early.

גם means also / too / as well.

So:

• יש לי גם כאב גרון = I also have a sore throat

It shows that a sore throat is an additional symptom, not the only one.

Position-wise, גם often comes before the thing being added:

• גם כאב גרון = also a sore throat

But Hebrew word order can be somewhat flexible depending on emphasis.

Hebrew often uses compact noun phrases where English uses of or in.

• כאב = pain
• גרון = throat
• כאב גרון = throat pain / a sore throat

So Hebrew says something closer to throat pain, while English usually says a sore throat.

This is a normal pattern in Hebrew:

• כאב ראש = headache
• כאב בטן = stomachache
• כאב גרון = sore throat

So even though it may look very literal word-for-word, it is the standard natural expression.

Because the whole sentence is not itself a direct question. It is a statement reporting a question.

The sentence says:

• the pharmacist asked if I also have a sore throat

That is reported speech, so the full sentence is declarative.

If you wrote the pharmacist’s actual words directly, then you would use a question mark:

• יש לך גם כאב גרון? = Do you also have a sore throat?

But in the original sentence, we are only describing that question, not asking it directly.