Prodavnica je između banke i 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.

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

Because je is a clitic in Serbian. Clitics usually come in the second position in the sentence or clause.

So:

• Prodavnica je između banke i škole. = natural
• Je prodavnica između banke i škole. = not normal in standard word order

This second-position rule is very common in Serbian, so you will see it a lot with forms like:

• je
• sam
• si
• smo
• su

Serbian does not have articles like English a/an and the.

So prodavnica can mean:

• a store
• the store

And banka can mean:

• a bank
• the bank

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, English naturally translates it as The store is between the bank and the school, but Serbian does not need separate words for the.

A rough pronunciation is iz-MEH-joo.

A few details:

• ž sounds like the s in measure
• đ is a soft sound, somewhat like the j in juice, but softer
• the stress is typically on me

So između is one of those words worth listening to from native audio, because đ is hard to master from spelling alone.

No. Prodavnica is a very common and neutral word for store / shop.

Depending on region or context, you may also hear other words, such as:

• radnja = shop, store
• dućan = shop, common in some regions
• trgovina = store, shop, commerce-related word

But prodavnica is perfectly standard and very useful for learners.

Yes, Serbian word order is more flexible than English, although some versions sound more natural in specific contexts.

For example:

• Prodavnica je između banke i škole. = neutral, standard
• Između banke i škole je prodavnica. = emphasizes the location first
• Između banke i škole prodavnica je. = possible, but marked and less neutral

Even with this flexibility, the clitic je still tends to stay in second position in its clause.

Because Serbian, like English, normally uses i (and) once to connect the two nouns:

• između banke i škole = between the bank and the school

You do not repeat and before both nouns.

So the pattern is:

• između + noun 1 + i + noun 2

Yes. All three are feminine singular nouns.

You can recognize that because their basic dictionary forms end in -a:

• prodavnica
• banka
• škola

That is why, in the genitive singular, banka and škola become:

• banke
• škole

This is a very common pattern for feminine nouns in Serbian.

Usually, for a sentence like this, između is the normal and expected word.

• između = between
• među more often means among or among/in the midst of, depending on context

So for between the bank and the school, između is the correct choice.

In Serbian Cyrillic, it is:

Продавница је између банке и школе.

Serbian officially uses both alphabets, Latin and Cyrillic, and they correspond very closely letter for letter.

It describes location, not movement.

• Prodavnica je između banke i škole. = the store is located between the bank and the school

If you wanted movement toward somewhere, Serbian would usually use a different structure and often a different preposition or verb pattern.

So this sentence is simply stating where the store is.