Bankomat je pored banke.

The cash machine is beside the bank.

Breakdown of Bankomat je pored banke.

• biti: to be
• banka: bank
• pored: beside
• bankomat: the cash machine

Questions & Answers about Bankomat je pored banke.

Why is it banke and not banka?

Because pored requires the genitive case in Serbian.

The basic dictionary form is banka = bank.
After pored (next to / beside), it changes to the genitive singular:

• banka → nominative
• banke → genitive

So:

• pored banke = next to the bank

This is one of the first important Serbian patterns to learn: many prepositions force a specific case.

What does je mean here?

Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of biti (to be).

So in this sentence:

• bankomat = ATM
• je = is
• pored banke = next to the bank

So je is simply the word is.

What case is bankomat in?

Bankomat is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence.

The sentence structure is:

• Bankomat = subject
• je = verb
• pored banke = location phrase

So bankomat stays in its basic form here.

Does pored always take the genitive?