Learn French: C'est difficile de se repérer ici, je ne vais nulle part. - It is difficult to get one's bearings here, I am going nowhere.

It works just like ne ... pas, wrapping around the conjugated verb. The ne goes before the verb vais and nulle part (nowhere) goes after it. Note that while it sits in the exact same spot as pas in the present tense, in compound tenses like the passé composé, nulle part goes at the end of the sentence, after the past participle!

Why is it C'est difficile de instead of C'est difficile à?

When you make a general impersonal statement describing an action, you use c'est + adjective + de + infinitive. You only use à when the adjective describes a specific noun that was already mentioned, such as in Ce chemin est difficile à trouver (This path is hard to find).

What does se repérer mean literally, and why is it reflexive?

The base verb repérer means to spot, locate, or pinpoint something. When you make it reflexive (se repérer), you are literally saying "to locate oneself." This is the standard French way to express "to get your bearings" or "to find your way around."

Why does the pronoun stay as se before the infinitive repérer?