Prodavnica je između banke i škole.

The store is between the bank and the school.

Breakdown of Prodavnica je između banke i škole.

• biti: to be
• i: and
• škola: school
• prodavnica: store

Questions & Answers about Prodavnica je između banke i škole.

Why do banka and škola change to banke and škole?

Because after the preposition između (between), Serbian uses the genitive case.

So:

• banka → banke
• škola → škole

This is why the sentence says između banke i škole, not između banka i škola.

A useful pattern to remember is:

• između + genitive

So if you want to say between X and Y, both nouns normally go into the genitive.

What does each word in the sentence do?

Here is the breakdown:

• Prodavnica = store / shop
• je = is
• između = between
• banke = of the bank / bank in the genitive
• i = and
• škole = of the school / school in the genitive

So the structure is basically:

• Prodavnica = subject
• je između banke i škole = predicate saying where it is

Why is je in the second position?