Questions & Answers about Hic locus prope pontem tutus est.
Hic is the masculine nominative singular form of the demonstrative hic, haec, hoc (this). It’s masculine nominative singular because it agrees with locus, which is masculine and (here) nominative singular.
Because locus is in the nominative case, and est (is) needs a nominative subject: locus … est = the place is …. Latin often signals the subject by case ending more than by word order.
Locus is a 2nd-declension masculine noun.
Dictionary form: locus, -ī (m.) = place.
Pontem is accusative singular of pons, pontis (m.) = bridge. It’s accusative because the preposition prope (near) normally takes the accusative: prope pontem = near the bridge.