Η ακαταστασία στο γραφείο με δυσκολεύει να βρω τα χαρτιά μου.

Ακαταστασία means mess, clutter, disorder, or untidiness. In this sentence, η ακαταστασία is the thing causing the problem.

The article η is the feminine singular form of the, because ακαταστασία is a feminine singular noun.

Because the clutter/mess is what is doing the action grammatically. It is the thing that makes it hard for the speaker to find the papers.

So the structure is roughly:

Η ακαταστασία = the clutter
με δυσκολεύει = makes it difficult for me / hinders me
να βρω τα χαρτιά μου = to find my papers

Στο is a contraction of σε + το, so it literally means in/on/at the.

Γραφείο can mean either:

• office
• desk

So στο γραφείο can mean in the office or on/at the desk, depending on context. In a sentence about finding papers, many learners will naturally understand it as on the desk or at the desk, but in the office is also possible if the context supports it.

Because in Modern Greek, σε often combines with the definite article:

• σε + το = στο
• σε + τη(ν) = στη(ν)
• σε + τα = στα

So στο γραφείο is just the normal contracted form of σε το γραφείο.

Με means me. It is the weak object pronoun.

In this sentence, με δυσκολεύει means it makes things difficult for me or more literally it hinders me.

So με is not with here. It is the pronoun me.

In Greek, weak object pronouns usually come before a finite verb.

So Greek says:

με δυσκολεύει

not:

δυσκολεύει με

That is the normal word order for object clitics in Modern Greek.

Δυσκολεύει comes from δυσκολεύω, which means to make difficult, to hinder, or to cause difficulty.

In natural English, this whole part is often translated as:

• makes it hard for me
• makes it difficult for me
• hinders me

So με δυσκολεύει να βρω τα χαρτιά μου is very naturally understood as it makes it hard for me to find my papers.

Because the subject is η ακαταστασία, which is third person singular.

So the verb must agree with that subject:

• εγώ δυσκολεύω = I make difficult
• η ακαταστασία δυσκολεύει = the clutter makes difficult

The ending -ει here is the third-person singular present form.

Modern Greek does not normally use an infinitive the way English does. Instead, it usually uses να + verb form.

So where English says:

to find

Greek says:

να βρω

This is one of the most important differences between English and Greek sentence structure.

This is about aspect.

Βρω is the form usually called the aorist subjunctive in learner materials, and it presents the action as a whole event: find.

Βρίσκω is the present/imperfective stem, which would suggest something ongoing, repeated, or habitual.

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about the difficulty of completing the action of finding the papers, so να βρω is the natural choice.

Very roughly:

• να βρω = to find / to manage to find
• να βρίσκω = to be finding / to find regularly

Χαρτιά is the plural of χαρτί.

It can mean:

• papers
• documents
• pieces/sheets of paper

So τα χαρτιά μου means my papers.

Because Greek normally keeps the definite article with possessives.

So Greek typically says:

• το βιβλίο μου = my book
• τα κλειδιά μου = my keys
• τα χαρτιά μου = my papers

This is very normal Greek structure. English does not use the here, but Greek usually does.

Because they have different jobs.

• με is an object pronoun connected to the verb, so it goes before the verb.
• μου is a possessive clitic meaning my, so it follows the noun phrase.

So:

• με δυσκολεύει = hinders me
• τα χαρτιά μου = my papers

This difference in placement is completely normal in Greek.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order, but the sentence as given is a very natural, neutral way to say it.

The original sentence:

Η ακαταστασία στο γραφείο με δυσκολεύει να βρω τα χαρτιά μου.

is straightforward and neutral.

A different order could be used for emphasis, for example:

Με δυσκολεύει να βρω τα χαρτιά μου η ακαταστασία στο γραφείο.

That still makes sense, but it sounds more marked and less neutral. For a learner, the original version is the safest pattern to remember.