PREPOSITION
The indeclinable words, which go in front of the adjective, nouns or
adverbs, to show place, time, cause, method, quantity etc are called
prepositions.
The prepositions all take the accusative case and are below:
Monosyllabic: με (with), σε (in, at, to)*, για (for, so), ως (rarely έως: until), and προς (to(wards)).
* In very old, historic text, εις is used instead.
Disyllabic: κατά (against, upon, by, during), μετά (after), παρά (near, close, by), αντί(ς) (instead of), από (of, from), δίχως (without) and χωρίς (without).
Trisyllabic: ίσαμε (ίσα με: equal to).
Με, σε, για, από, κάτα, παρά and ίσαμε
all can loose their final vowel when followed by a word beginning with a vowel.
Με and σε can loose their vowel
when followed by a word beginning with a consonant. When σε precedes a definite article it
compulsorily combines with it. The ε
is dropped and the σ is attached to the definite
article without an apostrophe. Only the second column can be used in sentences.
The first column would not make sense. Observe: