Πρώτα προσανατολιζόμαστε, μετά στήνουμε και αργότερα ξεστήνουμε τη σκηνή.

Yes, -όμαστε is a present-tense 1st person plural ending from the middle/passive set of verb endings.

So grammatically, προσανατολιζόμαστε looks like a middle/passive form. But in actual usage, προσανατολίζομαι often has an active/reflexive meaning in English, such as I orient myself or I get my bearings.

Compare:

• προσανατολίζουμε = we orient something/someone
• προσανατολιζόμαστε = we orient ourselves / we get oriented

So here the idea is not that someone else is orienting us, but that we ourselves are getting oriented.

Because Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

Here, the verb endings already show we:

• προσανατολιζόμαστε = we get oriented
• στήνουμε = we set up
• ξεστήνουμε = we take down

Greek only adds εμείς (we) when it wants emphasis, contrast, or extra clarity.

They all help show sequence, but they are not identical:

• πρώτα = first
• μετά = then / after that
• αργότερα = later

So the sentence is structured as a timeline:

1. πρώτα — first
2. μετά — then
3. αργότερα — later on

A useful nuance is that αργότερα usually sounds a bit more distant in time than μετά.

Greek often uses the present tense to describe:

• routines
• instructions
• general procedures
• a sequence of typical steps

English can do this too:

• First we get oriented, then we pitch the tent, and later we take it down.

So this is not necessarily about something happening right now. It can simply describe the normal order of actions.

The prefix ξε- very often gives the idea of:

• undoing
• reversing
• removing
• taking apart

So:

• στήνω = set up / pitch
• ξεστήνω = take down / dismantle / undo what was set up

This is a very common pattern in Greek, although the exact meaning of ξε- can vary from word to word.

Yes. τη σκηνή is the object of both verbs.

Greek can place one shared object after two coordinated verbs:

• στήνουμε και αργότερα ξεστήνουμε τη σκηνή

This means:

• we set up and later take down the tent

English does the same thing quite naturally.

Greek could also say something more explicit, like:

• στήνουμε τη σκηνή και αργότερα την ξεστήνουμε

That version repeats the object with την (it), but the original sentence is perfectly normal.

The full feminine accusative singular article is την, but in Modern Greek the final -ν is often dropped before many consonants.

So before σκηνή, it is very common to write:

• τη σκηνή

You may also see την σκηνή in some writing or from some speakers, but τη σκηνή is very normal and standard here.

Here it is in the accusative singular, because it is the direct object of the verbs στήνουμε and ξεστήνουμε.

You can tell mainly from the article:

• η σκηνή = the tent as subject (nominative)
• τη(ν) σκηνή = the tent as object (accusative)

The noun σκηνή itself looks the same in nominative and accusative singular, so the article is what shows the case most clearly.

No. σκηνή can mean different things depending on context, including:

• tent
• stage
• scene

In this sentence, the verbs make the meaning clear:

• στήνουμε τη σκηνή = we pitch/set up the tent
• ξεστήνουμε τη σκηνή = we take down the tent

So here σκηνή clearly means tent, not stage or scene.