Χωρίς συμπάθεια, η συνεργασία γίνεται πιο δύσκολη.

Χωρίς means without.

It normally takes the accusative case, so συμπάθεια here is in the accusative: χωρίς συμπάθεια = without sympathy / without goodwill / without rapport.

A useful detail: συμπάθεια looks the same in the nominative and accusative singular, which is very common with many neuter and some feminine patterns in Modern Greek. So even though the form does not change here, the function does.

Not always exactly.

In Greek, συμπάθεια can mean:

• sympathy
• liking
• warmth
• goodwill
• rapport

So in this sentence, it probably means something like goodwill or mutual friendliness, not just feeling sorry for someone.

That is important because an English speaker may read sympathy too narrowly. Here the idea is more like: cooperation is harder when people do not feel positively toward each other.

The phrase Χωρίς συμπάθεια has been moved to the front for emphasis, and the comma helps mark it off.

So the sentence structure is roughly:

• Without sympathy/goodwill,
• cooperation becomes more difficult.

Greek punctuation often uses a comma this way when an introductory phrase comes first. In a very short sentence like this, you may also sometimes see the comma omitted, but with the fronted phrase it is very natural.

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English.

So η συνεργασία literally looks like the cooperation, but in natural English it is often just cooperation.

This is very common with:

• abstract nouns
• general concepts
• subjects of sentences

So the article here does not necessarily mean a specific single instance of cooperation. It can still refer to cooperation in a general sense.

Γίνεται comes from γίνομαι, which means to become, to turn into, or sometimes to happen depending on context.

Here, γίνεται πιο δύσκολη means:

• becomes more difficult
• gets more difficult

If the sentence used είναι πιο δύσκολη, it would mean is more difficult. That would sound more like a static description.

So γίνεται suggests a change or result: without goodwill, cooperation becomes harder.

Both are possible.

Greek has two common ways to make the comparative:

• πιο + adjective → πιο δύσκολη
• a single comparative form → δυσκολότερη

Both mean more difficult.

In Modern Greek, πιο + adjective is extremely common and often feels more natural in everyday language.

So these are both fine:

• Η συνεργασία γίνεται πιο δύσκολη.
• Η συνεργασία γίνεται δυσκολότερη.

The first one is just the more usual conversational pattern.

Because it agrees with η συνεργασία, which is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

Greek adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.

So:

• η συνεργασία → feminine singular
• δύσκολη → feminine singular

Compare:

• ο διάλογος γίνεται πιο δύσκολος → masculine
• το έργο γίνεται πιο δύσκολο → neuter

Greek word order is fairly flexible.

This sentence could also be written as:

• Η συνεργασία γίνεται πιο δύσκολη χωρίς συμπάθεια.

That version is also correct.

The version you have:

• Χωρίς συμπάθεια, η συνεργασία γίνεται πιο δύσκολη.

puts the condition first and gives it more emphasis. It highlights the idea without sympathy/goodwill before giving the result.

So the word order choice is mostly about focus and style, not basic grammar.

It breaks down like this:

• Χωρίς συμπάθεια = prepositional phrase, meaning without sympathy/goodwill
• η συνεργασία = subject, cooperation
• γίνεται = verb, becomes
• πιο δύσκολη = predicate adjective, more difficult

So the pattern is:

prepositional phrase + subject + verb + comparative adjective

A very literal gloss would be:

Without goodwill, the cooperation becomes more difficult.

That makes the sentence a good example of how Greek builds a natural statement with:

• an introductory phrase
• a subject with article
• γίνομαι
  • adjective
• a comparative using πιο