Ας μην ψάχνουμε πάλι τελευταία στιγμή ούτε το αποσμητικό ούτε την ξυριστική μηχανή· καλύτερα να τα αφήνουμε πάντα στο ίδιο ντουλαπάκι.

Ας introduces a suggestion or exhortation. With a first-person plural verb, it usually means let’s ....

So Ας μην ψάχνουμε means Let’s not look / Let’s not be searching.

Also, ας is normally followed directly by the verb form; you do not usually add να after it.

Greek uses different negatives for different moods:

• δεν negates indicative verbs, meaning ordinary statements of fact.
• μη(ν) negates subjunctive, imperative, and similar non-indicative forms.

Here, ψάχνουμε is not a plain statement after ας; it is part of an exhortation, so Greek uses μην.

They are subjunctive in this sentence, even though they look identical to the present indicative.

In Modern Greek, the subjunctive is usually shown by particles such as να and ας, not by a special verb ending. So:

• Ας μην ψάχνουμε = subjunctive after ας
• να τα αφήνουμε = subjunctive after να

This is very common in Modern Greek.

This is about aspect, not just tense.

The forms ψάχνουμε and αφήνουμε are imperfective. They suggest something repeated, habitual, or ongoing:

• ας μην ψάχνουμε πάλι τελευταία στιγμή = let’s not keep ending up looking for them at the last minute
• καλύτερα να τα αφήνουμε πάντα... = better to make a habit of leaving them...

If Greek used the aorist forms ψάξουμε or αφήσουμε, it would sound more like a single complete action, not a general repeated habit.

Here πάλι means again.

Greek adverbs have fairly flexible position, so ψάχνουμε πάλι is perfectly natural. It means that this is not the first time the situation has happened: let’s not be looking for them again at the last minute.

Τελευταία στιγμή is a very common adverbial expression meaning at the last minute / at the last moment.

Greek often allows article-less time expressions like this, especially in fixed phrases. You may also hear την τελευταία στιγμή, but τελευταία στιγμή is very natural and idiomatic.

Ούτε ... ούτε ... means neither ... nor ....

So:

• ούτε το αποσμητικό ούτε την ξυριστική μηχανή
  = neither the deodorant nor the shaver

A very important point for English speakers: Greek often uses negative concord. That means μην and ούτε can appear together quite normally:

• Ας μην ψάχνουμε ... ούτε ... ούτε ...

This is not considered a mistake or an illogical double negative in Greek.

Because in Greek, when you coordinate nouns like this, it is very common to repeat the article for each noun.

So Greek naturally says:

• ούτε το αποσμητικό ούτε την ξυριστική μηχανή

rather than using one article for both. This is especially normal with structures like ούτε ... ούτε ....

The two nouns have different grammatical genders:

• το αποσμητικό = neuter singular
• η ξυριστική μηχανή = feminine singular

In this sentence both are direct objects, so they appear in the accusative:

• neuter accusative singular: το αποσμητικό
• feminine accusative singular: την ξυριστική μηχανή

Also, ξυριστική μηχανή literally means shaving machine, but in everyday English it is often best understood as shaver or electric razor, depending on context.

Καλύτερα means better, and καλύτερα να + subjunctive means something like:

• it’s better to ...
• we’d better ...

So καλύτερα να τα αφήνουμε πάντα... means it’s better to always leave them... or we’d better always leave them...

It introduces advice or a better alternative to the problem mentioned before.

Τα is a direct object clitic pronoun meaning them.

It refers back to the two items already mentioned:

• το αποσμητικό
• την ξυριστική μηχανή

Greek often uses neuter plural to refer back to a group of things, especially when the items are mixed in gender or treated as a set. So τα is very natural here.

Also notice the position: clitic pronouns usually come before the verb in a να clause:

• να τα αφήνουμε not usually να αφήνουμε τα

Ντουλαπάκι is the diminutive form of ντουλάπι, so it means something like:

• little cupboard
• small cabinet
• little compartment / cubby

The ending -άκι often gives a diminutive sense.

As for στο, it is just the contraction of:

• σε + το = στο

So στο ίδιο ντουλαπάκι means in the same little cabinet/compartment.

That mark is the Greek ano teleia: ·.

It marks a pause stronger than a comma, often similar to a semicolon or sometimes a colon in English-style punctuation. Here it separates the problem from the suggested solution.

It is not the Greek question mark. The Greek question mark looks like ;.