Η αναστάτωση στο σπίτι μετά τη μετακόμιση ήταν μεγάλη, αλλά με λίγη οργάνωση και καθαριότητα όλα μπήκαν στη θέση τους.

Αναστάτωση means upheaval, disruption, commotion, disorder. In this sentence it suggests more than just physical mess on the floor. It describes the general chaos and disturbance in the house after the move.

So compared with English:

• mess = can be just untidiness
• αναστάτωση = a broader sense of confusion and disruption

That is why it fits well with μετά τη μετακόμιση.

Greek often uses the definite article more often than English.

So Η αναστάτωση literally means the disruption / the chaos. In English we might simply say There was a lot of chaos in the house..., but Greek naturally uses the article here.

This is very common with abstract nouns:

• η χαρά = joy
• η κούραση = tiredness / fatigue
• η αναστάτωση = the disruption / the chaos

Στο is a contraction of σε + το.

• σε = in / at / to
• το σπίτι = the house / home
• σε το σπίτι becomes στο σπίτι

So:

• στο σπίτι = in the house / at home

These contractions are very common:

• στο = σε + το
• στη / στην = σε + τη / την
• στον = σε + τον

Here μετά means after, and in Modern Greek when μετά has that meaning, it is followed by the accusative.

So:

• η μετακόμιση = the move (nominative)
• τη μετακόμιση = the move (accusative)

That gives:

• μετά τη μετακόμιση = after the move

This is worth remembering because prepositions in Greek often control a particular case.

Yes. Μετακόμιση is a noun meaning move / moving house / relocation, and it comes from the verb μετακομίζω = to move house / relocate.

For example:

• Μετακομίζω αύριο. = I’m moving tomorrow.
• Η μετακόμιση ήταν κουραστική. = The move was tiring.

So in your sentence, μετά τη μετακόμιση means after the move.

Because αναστάτωση is a feminine singular noun, the adjective has to agree with it.

• η αναστάτωση = feminine singular
• μεγάλη = feminine singular form of big / great

So:

• Η αναστάτωση ... ήταν μεγάλη = The disruption ... was great / considerable

This is standard adjective agreement in Greek:

• masculine: μεγάλος
• feminine: μεγάλη
• neuter: μεγάλο

Literally yes, but in natural English it often means great, considerable, serious, substantial.

So ήταν μεγάλη here is not really talking about physical size. It means:

• was significant
• was considerable
• was pretty bad / major

Greek often uses μεγάλος / μεγάλη / μεγάλο in this broader way.

After με (with), Greek uses the accusative.

So:

• η οργάνωση = organization (nominative)
• λίγη οργάνωση = a little organization (accusative form looks the same here)

And:

• με λίγη οργάνωση = with a little organization

The adjective λίγη agrees with οργάνωση because οργάνωση is feminine singular.

Here λίγη means a little or some.

So:

• με λίγη οργάνωση και καθαριότητα = with a little organization and cleaning / cleanliness

It suggests that just a modest amount of effort in organizing and cleaning helped fix the situation.

Compare:

• λίγος χρόνος = a little time
• λίγη βοήθεια = a little help
• λίγο νερό = a little water

It can suggest both, depending on context.

Most literally, καθαριότητα means cleanliness. But in a sentence like this, it often naturally translates as cleaning or tidying up, because that is what solves the post-move chaos.

So the phrase can be understood as:

• with a little organization and cleaning
• or more literally, with a little organization and cleanliness

English would usually prefer cleaning here.

Όλα means everything or all things, and it is neuter plural.

Here it refers generally to all the things in the house, or more broadly the whole situation after the move.

So:

• όλα μπήκαν στη θέση τους = everything fell/went into place

Even though όλα is grammatically plural, in English we often translate it as singular everything.

Because the subject is όλα, which is plural in Greek.

• όλα = all things / everything
• μπήκαν = they went in / they got in / they fell into

So Greek is treating όλα as a plural subject, and the verb agrees with it.

This is different from English, where everything takes a singular verb:

• Everything fell into place.

But in Greek:

• Όλα μπήκαν... literally = All things went...

Μπήκαν is the aorist (simple past) of μπαίνω (to enter / go in).

This verb is irregular:

• present: μπαίνω = I go in / enter
• aorist: μπήκα = I went in / entered
• plural: μπήκαν = they went in / entered

In this sentence, the aorist shows a completed event: things got sorted out and ended up where they belonged.

Literally it means:

• μπήκαν = went into / entered
• στη θέση τους = into their place

So literally:

• everything went into its/their place

Idiomatic English:

• everything fell into place
• everything got put in its place
• everything ended up where it belonged

It can describe both literal tidying and a more general sense of order being restored.

Στη is the contraction of σε + τη(ν).

• η θέση = the place / position
• τη θέση = the place (accusative)
• στη θέση = in/to the place

So στη θέση τους means in/to their place.

As for τους, here it means their. It refers back to όλα.

Even though όλα is neuter plural, Greek still uses τους as the weak possessive form meaning their:

• το βιβλίο τους = their book
• η θέση τους = their place
• στη θέση τους = in their place

Because αλλά means but, and it introduces a contrast between two clauses:

• Η αναστάτωση ... ήταν μεγάλη
• αλλά ... όλα μπήκαν στη θέση τους

So the comma works much like in English:

• The chaos was great, but...

It helps separate the two contrasting ideas.

Not very naturally. A word-for-word version would sound something like:

• The disruption in the house after the move was big, but with a little organization and cleanliness everything went into its place.

That is understandable, but not natural English.

A more natural translation would be something like:

• There was a lot of chaos in the house after the move, but with a little organization and cleaning, everything fell into place.

This is a good example of how Greek and English often use different wording even when the meaning is the same.