Questions & Answers about Вони копають ґрунт лопатою.
Yes, вони means they.
In this sentence, it is the 3rd person plural subject: more than one person is doing the action.
A few useful notes:
- він = he
- вона = she
- воно = it
- вони = they
Ukrainian often leaves subject pronouns out when the verb already makes the subject clear, but вони can still be included for clarity or emphasis.
Копають is the 3rd person plural present tense form of копати (to dig).
So:
- копати = infinitive, to dig
- копають = they dig / they are digging
The ending -ють is a normal present-tense ending for this verb in the they form.
A short pattern:
- я копаю = I dig / am digging
- ти копаєш
- він/вона копає
- ми копаємо
- ви копаєте
- вони копають