Στήνουμε τη σκηνή τώρα.

Στήνουμε is the 1st person plural form of στήνω, so it means we set up / we are setting up.

In this sentence, it is in the present tense with imperfective aspect, which is why it can mean either:

• we set up
• we are setting up

Greek uses this one present form for both a general present and an ongoing action, and τώρα helps show that the action is happening now.

The dictionary form is στήνω.

That is the form you would look up in a dictionary. From στήνω, you get forms like:

• στήνω = I set up
• στήνεις = you set up
• στήνει = he/she/it sets up
• στήνουμε = we set up
• στήνετε = you all set up
• στήνουν(ε) = they set up

It is present tense, but in Greek the present tense can also express what English calls the present continuous.

So Στήνουμε τη σκηνή τώρα can naturally mean:

• We are setting up the tent now
• or, less naturally in this context, We set up the tent now

Because of τώρα (now), the ongoing meaning we are setting up is the most natural one.

Because σκηνή is the direct object of the verb.

• η σκηνή = the tent as the subject
• τη σκηνή = the tent as the object

Here, we are doing the action, and the tent is the thing being set up, so Greek uses the accusative form:

• η σκηνή = nominative
• τη σκηνή = accusative

The full feminine accusative singular article is τη(ν).

The final -ν is kept before vowels and certain consonants, but it is usually dropped before others. Since σκηνή begins with σ, Greek normally says and writes:

• τη σκηνή

not

• την σκηνή

So this sentence is completely normal and standard.

Σκηνή is a feminine singular noun.

That is why the article is also feminine singular:

• η σκηνή = the tent/stage/scene
• τη σκηνή = the tent/stage/scene as object

Its accusative singular looks the same as its nominative singular here, except for the article changing from η to τη.

No. Σκηνή can mean several things depending on context, including:

• tent
• stage
• scene

So στήνουμε τη σκηνή could mean different things in different situations. If the meaning shown to you is tent, then that is the intended meaning here. But it is good to know the noun itself is broader than just one English word.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

So these are all possible:

• Στήνουμε τη σκηνή τώρα
• Τώρα στήνουμε τη σκηνή
• Στήνουμε τώρα τη σκηνή

They all mean roughly the same thing, but the position of τώρα can slightly change the emphasis.

With τώρα at the end, the sentence sounds very natural and can give a small sense of right now or at this moment.

In this sentence, yes, if you mean the tent.

Greek uses the definite article very often, and with a specific object like this, τη σκηνή is the normal choice.

Compare:

• στήνουμε τη σκηνή = we are setting up the tent
• στήνουμε μια σκηνή = we are setting up a tent

So the article matters, just as it does in English.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

STEE-nou-me tee skee-NEE TO-ra

The stress falls on:

• Στή-νουμε
• σκη-νή
• τώ-ρα

A few helpful notes:

• η, ι, υ, ει, οι are all pronounced like ee in Modern Greek.
• σκ at the start of σκηνή sounds like sk.
• ου in στήνουμε sounds like oo in food.

Not very naturally with τώρα.

The Greek present can express both:

• a general/habitual action
• an action happening right now

But τώρα strongly pushes the sentence toward the right now / currently meaning.

So the most natural reading is:

• We are setting up the tent now

not a repeated habit.