בסניף השני היה גם רוקח נחמד, אבל בסוף חזרתי לרוקחת כי היא כבר הכירה את המקרה שלי.

Because Hebrew normally puts the adjective after the noun.

So:

• סניף = branch
• השני = the second

Together, סניף שני literally follows the pattern branch second, and with definiteness it becomes the second branch.

This noun + adjective order is very standard in Hebrew:

• בית גדול = a big house
• הבית הגדול = the big house
• סניף שני = a second branch
• הסניף השני = the second branch

In your sentence, the phrase appears after a preposition, so it shows up as בסניף השני.

Because the preposition ב- often merges with the definite article ה-.

So:

• ב + סניף = in a branch
• ב + הסניף = in the branch

In unpointed modern Hebrew, both are often written בסניף, but the meaning is understood from context.

Here, השני makes the whole phrase definite, so בסניף השני clearly means in/at the second branch.

This kind of merging also happens with:

• ל + ה → written together, as in לרוקחת
• כ + ה → also merges in the same way

Here היה is being used in an existential sense: there was.

So the structure is:

• היה = there was / was
• גם = also
• רוקח נחמד = a nice male pharmacist

Literally, it is something like:

At the second branch, there was also a nice pharmacist.

Hebrew often uses היה / הייתה / היו this way in the past to express existence:

• היה שם רופא = there was a doctor there
• הייתה שם אחות = there was a nurse there
• היו שם אנשים = there were people there

Because רוקח is masculine singular, and the verb agrees with it.

• רוקח = male pharmacist
• רוקחת = female pharmacist

So:

• היה רוקח = there was a male pharmacist
• הייתה רוקחת = there was a female pharmacist
• היו רוקחים / רוקחות = there were pharmacists

Also, the adjective agrees too:

• רוקח נחמד
• רוקחת נחמדה

גם means also or too.

In this sentence, it adds the idea that in addition to whatever came before, there was also a nice pharmacist at the second branch.

Hebrew often places גם right before or near the thing being added or emphasized. Here it is connected with the existence of a nice pharmacist.

Compare:

• גם הוא בא = he also came
• הוא גם בא = he also came
• הוא בא גם אתמול = he came yesterday too

The exact placement can shift a little depending on emphasis, but in your sentence the meaning is straightforward.

They are the masculine and feminine forms of pharmacist.

• רוקח = male pharmacist
• רוקחת = female pharmacist

This is why the sentence mentions both forms:

• first: רוקח נחמד = a nice male pharmacist
• later: לרוקחת = to the female pharmacist

A learner should notice that Hebrew marks gender much more consistently than English does. Nouns, adjectives, and often verbs all show gender agreement.

Because the verb לחזור usually goes with ל- when you mean return to someone or something.

So:

• חזרתי לרוקחת = I went back to the female pharmacist
• חזרתי לבית = I returned to the house
• חזרתי אליה = I went back to her

The ל- here is not marking a direct object. It marks the destination or target of the return.

Also, ל + ה merges in writing, so:

• ל + הרוקחת becomes written as לרוקחת

חזרתי is past tense, first person singular: I returned / I went back.

The ending -תי is a very common marker for I in the past tense.

Examples:

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

So אבל בסוף חזרתי לרוקחת means but in the end I went back to the female pharmacist.

Here בסוף means in the end, eventually, or after all.

It does not have to mean a physical ending. It often introduces the final result of a situation or decision.

Examples:

• בסוף הלכתי = in the end I went
• בסוף לא קנינו כלום = in the end we didn’t buy anything
• בסוף חזרתי לרוקחת = in the end I went back to the female pharmacist

A close alternative is לבסוף, which is a bit more formal. In everyday speech, בסוף is very common.

Hebrew often leaves subject pronouns out when they are obvious from the verb, but it can still include them for:

• clarity
• contrast
• emphasis

Here היא helps make it very clear that the speaker means the female pharmacist.

That is especially useful because the sentence has already mentioned:

• a male pharmacist: רוקח
• a female pharmacist: רוקחת

So כי היא כבר הכירה... clearly points back to the female pharmacist.

Also:

• כי = because
• כבר = already

So the clause means because she already knew / was already familiar with...

Because להכיר and לדעת do not mean exactly the same thing.

Here הכירה comes from להכיר, which often means:

• to know someone
• to be familiar with
• to recognize
• to know through previous contact or experience

So היא כבר הכירה את המקרה שלי means she was already familiar with the speaker’s case.

By contrast, לדעת is more about knowing information or facts.

A rough distinction:

• אני מכיר את הרופא = I know the doctor / I’m familiar with the doctor
• אני יודע את התשובה = I know the answer

In this sentence, להכיר fits well because the pharmacist already had prior familiarity with the case.

Because את marks a definite direct object.

The direct object here is המקרה שלי = my case.

Since it is definite, Hebrew uses את:

• הכירה את המקרה שלי = she knew / was familiar with my case

You usually use את before a direct object that is definite, such as:

• a noun with ה-
• a proper name
• a noun with a possessive meaning

Examples:

• ראיתי את הספר = I saw the book
• פגשתי את דנה = I met Dana
• הוא הכיר את החבר שלי = he knew my friend

Hebrew often expresses possession with של after the noun.

So:

• המקרה = the case
• שלי = of me / my

Together:

• המקרה שלי = my case

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• הבית שלי = my house
• החבר שלך = your friend
• הבעיה שלהם = their problem

So unlike English, where my comes before the noun, Hebrew often uses a structure more like the case of mine. In natural English we translate it simply as my case.