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

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.

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.

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:

• के सामने
• के पीछे

Even though का / की / के can often mean possession, here the whole expression functions as a location pattern, not simple possession.

In this kind of expression, के is the normal form used with सामने and पीछे.

So learners should usually memorize:

• घर के सामने
• स्कूल के पीछे
• मेरे सामने
• उसके पीछे

In other words, do not try to translate it word-for-word as ordinary of. Just treat के सामने and के पीछे as standard location patterns.

They are after all being used before a postpositional phrase, but many Hindi nouns—especially loanwords like स्कूल and स्टेशन—do not show a visible change in this position.

So:

• direct form: स्कूल
• oblique-looking form in practice here: still स्कूल

The same happens with many borrowed words from English. So even though the grammar changes, the spelling often stays the same.

Because it is already understood.

The full version could be:

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

But repeating दुकान would sound less natural. Hindi often leaves out a repeated subject when it is obvious from context.

You could also say:

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

Here वह means it.

Because there are really two clauses joined by लेकिन:

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

Each clause has its own है. In standard written Hindi, repeating है here is normal and correct.

लेकिन means but. It connects the two contrasting pieces of information:

• the shop is in front of the school
• but it is behind the bus station

Its placement is very similar to English but: it comes between the two clauses.

Yes, it is understood as one unit: bus station.

Hindi often uses English loanword combinations like this, especially for modern places and objects. So बस स्टेशन functions as a single place name or noun phrase here.

Not always with mathematical precision. X के सामने can mean:

• directly in front of X
• opposite X
• across from X

The exact nuance depends on context. In everyday speech, it often simply means the place is on the front/opposite side relative to the reference point.

Yes, दुकान is feminine.

However, in this sentence that does not change है, because है is the same for masculine and feminine singular subjects in the present tense.

So:

• दुकान ... है
• स्कूल ... है
• किताब ... है

All can use है in the singular.

Yes, a few small variations are possible, for example:

• दुकान स्कूल के सामने है, लेकिन वह बस स्टेशन के पीछे है।
• दुकान स्कूल के सामने है, पर बस स्टेशन के पीछे है।

Here पर is a shorter, very common alternative to लेकिन.

But the original sentence is already natural and clear for a learner to study.