wǒmen xiànzài shōuzhàngpeng ba.

吧 is a very common sentence-final particle. In this sentence, it softens the statement and turns it into a suggestion, similar to let's ..., okay?, or shall we ... in English.

So:

• 我们现在收帐篷。 = We are packing up the tent now. / We pack up the tent now.
• 我们现在收帐篷吧。 = Let’s pack up the tent now.

It makes the sentence sound more natural, cooperative, and less blunt.

Mandarin often does not use a separate word that directly matches English let’s. Instead, it commonly uses:

• 我们 = we
• a verb phrase
• 吧 at the end

So 我们……吧 is one of the standard ways to say let’s ...

Here:

• 我们 = we
• 现在 = now
• 收帐篷 = pack up the tent
• 吧 = suggestion particle

Together, this gives the meaning Let’s pack up the tent now.

In Mandarin, time words usually come before the main verb.

Basic pattern:

• Subject + time + verb + object

So:

• 我们 = subject
• 现在 = time
• 收帐篷 = verb + object

This is very normal Chinese word order.

Compare:

• 我们现在走吧。 = Let’s go now.
• 我明天去。 = I’m going tomorrow.
• 他们晚上吃饭。 = They eat in the evening.

English often puts time in different places, but Mandarin strongly prefers putting it before the verb.

Not here. 收 has several meanings in Chinese, and one very common meaning is to put away, to gather up, or to pack up.

So in 收帐篷:

• 收 = put away / pack up
• 帐篷 = tent

Together, 收帐篷 means pack up the tent or take down the tent.

This use of 收 appears in many everyday phrases, such as:

• 收衣服 = bring in / put away the clothes
• 收桌子 = clear the table
• 收行李 = pack up luggage

So this is a very practical meaning of 收, not receive.

In modern Mandarin, 帐篷 is treated as one word meaning tent.

Even though it is written with two characters, many Chinese words have two characters but function as a single vocabulary item. So you should learn 帐篷 together as one noun.

In the sentence:

• 收 = verb
• 帐篷 = object noun

So 收帐篷 is simply pack up the tent.

Not always. Mandarin often drops subjects when they are already understood from context.

For example, if everyone already knows who is involved, someone might simply say:

• 现在收帐篷吧。

That still means Let’s pack up the tent now.

However, adding 我们 makes the suggestion clearer and more inclusive. It emphasizes that we are doing it together.

So:

• 我们现在收帐篷吧。 = explicitly Let’s pack up the tent now.
• 现在收帐篷吧。 = also natural if the subject is obvious

Yes. 帐篷 is commonly pronounced zhàngpeng:

• 帐 = fourth tone: zhàng
• 篷 = often a neutral tone here: peng

So the word sounds like zhàngpeng, not usually zhàngpéng in careful everyday speech.

Also in this sentence:

• 我们 = wǒmen with neutral-tone men
• 吧 = ba, neutral tone

Neutral tone syllables are lighter and shorter than full-tone syllables, and they are very common in natural Mandarin.

Mandarin does not have articles like English a, an, and the.

So 帐篷 can mean:

• a tent
• the tent
• tents

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, the context makes it clear that it means the tent or our tent, so English naturally uses the even though Chinese does not say it explicitly.

Yes, in many situations you could say:

• 咱们现在收帐篷吧。

咱们 often means we, including you, and can feel especially inclusive in spoken Mandarin.

By contrast, 我们 can sometimes be either:

• inclusive: me + you + others
• exclusive: me + others, not you

But in a sentence like this, with 吧 making a suggestion to the listener, 我们 is usually understood as inclusive anyway.

So both can work, but:

• 我们现在收帐篷吧。 = very standard and neutral
• 咱们现在收帐篷吧。 = a bit more conversational and explicitly inclusive

Yes, that is also possible.

Both of these are natural:

• 我们现在收帐篷吧。
• 现在我们收帐篷吧。

The difference is mostly about emphasis:

• 我们现在收帐篷吧。 emphasizes we
• 现在我们收帐篷吧。 emphasizes now

Mandarin allows some flexibility with time expressions, but both versions follow normal grammar. The original sentence is a very common and natural way to say it.