दुकान स्कूल के सामने है, लेकिन बस स्टेशन के पीछे है।

The shop is in front of the school, but the bus is behind the station.

Breakdown of दुकान स्कूल के सामने है, लेकिन बस स्टेशन के पीछे है।

• होना: to be
• स्कूल: school
• दुकान: shop
• बस: bus

Questions & Answers about दुकान स्कूल के सामने है, लेकिन बस स्टेशन के पीछे है।

Why is the word order so different from English here?

Hindi usually puts location expressions before है. So the structure is:

दुकान + स्कूल के सामने + है
दुकान + बस स्टेशन के पीछे + है

A very literal English-style breakdown would be:

shop school of front is, but bus station of behind is

That sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Hindi because Hindi uses postpositions after the noun, not prepositions before it.

Why does Hindi say के सामने and के पीछे instead of putting a word before स्कूल or बस स्टेशन?

Because Hindi uses postpositions, which come after the noun they relate to.

So:

• स्कूल के सामने = in front of the school
• बस स्टेशन के पीछे = behind the bus station

Instead of English in front of the school, Hindi builds it as school + ke + front. This is a very common Hindi pattern.

Why is के used in both स्कूल के सामने and बस स्टेशन के पीछे?

With expressions like सामने and पीछे, Hindi normally uses the pattern:

X के सामने = in front of X
X के पीछे = behind X

So here, के is part of the standard construction. It is best to learn these as fixed chunks: